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Issue: Vol. 4858 No. 1: 29 Sept. 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-09-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4858.1.5
Page range: 85–94
Abstract views: 81
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A new species of the genus Tricholapita nom. nov. and stat. nov. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Eumolpinae) from New Caledonia

Institute of Evolutionary Biology (CSIC-University Pompeu Fabra), 08003 Barcelona, Spain.
Institute of Evolutionary Biology (CSIC-University Pompeu Fabra), 08003 Barcelona, Spain.
Institute of Evolutionary Biology (CSIC-University Pompeu Fabra), 08003 Barcelona, Spain.
Coleoptera homonymy mtDNA phylogeny replacement name Rivière Bleue ultramafic soils

Abstract

Tricholapita Gómez-Zurita and Cardoso nom. nov. is proposed as the replacement name for the leaf beetle taxon Lapita Gómez-Zurita and Cardoso, 2014, nec Bickel, 2002. Moreover, the rank of Tricholapita stat. nov. is elevated from subgenus of Taophila Heller, 1916 to generic status. Phylogenetic evidence based on mtDNA rrnS sequences and diagnostic morphological characters reveals a new species from the south of Grande Terre in New Caledonia, which is described: Tricholapita reidi sp. nov.

 

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