Callistola

Genus of beetles

Callistola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Cassidinae
Tribe: Cryptonychini
Genus: Callistola
Dejean, 1836
Type species
Hispa speciosa
Boisduval, 1835
Subgenera
  • Callistola (Callistola) Guérin-Méneville, 1840
  • Callistola (Freycinetivora) Gressitt, 1957
Diversity
43 species, see text

Callistola is a genus of leaf beetles in the tribe Cryptonychini.[1] Species in this genus are found in the Pacific region, with a large number of species known from New Guinea.[2][3]

Species

This genus includes the following species:[1]

Subgenus Callistola Guérin-Méneville, 1840

  • Callistola angusta Gressitt, 1957
  • Callistola bella Gressitt, 1960
  • Callistola bruijnii (Gestro, 1885)
  • Callistola dilutipes (Weise, 1905)
  • Callistola esakii (Chûjô, 1943)
  • Callistola fordi Gressitt, 1957
  • Callistola grossa (Maulik, 1936)
  • Callistola maai Gressitt, 1960
  • Callistola major Gressitt, 1957
  • Callistola misolensis (Spaeth, 1936)
  • Callistola montana Gressitt, 1960
  • Callistola omalleyi Gressitt, 1960
  • Callistola pandani (Gressitt, 1955)
  • Callistola pandenella Gressitt, 1960
  • Callistola papuensis Gressitt, 1957
  • Callistola pulchra Gressitt, 1957
  • Callistola puncticollis (Spaeth, 1936)
  • Callistola spaethi (Chûjô, 1943)
  • Callistola speciosa (Boisduval, 1835)
  • Callistola swartensis Gressitt, 1960
  • Callistola szentwanyi Gressitt, 1960
  • Callistola tripartita (Fairmaire, 1883)
  • Callistola uhmanni Gressitt, 1960
  • Callistola zonalis Gressitt, 1960

Subgenus Freycinetivora Gressitt, 1957

  • Callistola dimidiata Gressitt, 1960
  • Callistola freycinetiae Gressitt, 1957
  • Callistola masoni Gressitt, 1960
  • Callistola varicolor Gressitt, 1957
  • Callistola wrighti Gressitt, 1960

Unplaced species

  • Callistola attenutata Gressitt, 1963
  • Callistola boisduvali (Weise, 1908)
  • Callistola bomberiana Gressitt, 1963
  • Callistola corporaali (Uhmann, 1932)
  • Callistola cyclops Gressitt, 1963
  • Callistola devastator Gressitt, 1960
  • Callistola elegans Gressitt, 1960
  • Callistola freycinetella Gressitt, 1963
  • Callistola margaretae Gressitt, 1963
  • Callistola melselaari Gressitt, 1960
  • Callistola ruficollis (Spaeth, 1936)
  • Callistola sedlacekana Gressitt, 1963
  • Callistola subvirida Gressitt, 1963
  • Callistola tricolor Gressitt, 1963

References

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  1. ^ a b Staines, C.L. (2015). "Tribe Cryptonychini Chapuis 1875" (PDF). Catalog of the Hispines of the World (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Smithsonian Institution. pp. 14–24. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 February 2024. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
  2. ^ Staines, C.L. (2016). "Callistola". Hispine Pests of Palms. Smithsonian Institution and United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Archived from the original on 4 February 2024. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
  3. ^ Gressitt, Judson Linsley (1963). "Hispine beetles (Chrysomelidae) from New Guinea". Pacific Insects. 5 (3). Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum: 641–662. ISSN 0030-8714. OCLC 1761674.
Taxon identifiers
Callistola


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