Taophila corvi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chrysomeloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Cucujiformia Cladus: Phytophaga Superfamilia: Chrysomeloidea

Familia: Chrysomelidae
Subfamilia: Eumolpinae
Tribus: Eumolpini
Genus: Taophila
Subgenus: Taophila (Taophila)
Species: Taophila corvi

Name

Taophila corvi Samuelson, 2010: 51

Holotype: BPBM 17,183. ♀. NEW CALEDONIA. Mt Koghi, 500 m, 26–30.i.1963, G. Kuschel.

• Allotype: BPBM. ♂. same loc., 500 m, 27.x.1967, J.& M. Sedlacek.
• Paratypes:
  • Paratopotypes (♀): Mt Koghi, 500 m, 29.xi.1963, R. Straatman (1); ±600 m, 30.xi.1963, Straatman (1); 500–700 m, 1.xii.1963, Straatman (2); 450–600 m, 4–6.x.1967, Sedlaceks (1); 500–800 m, 23–27.x.1967, Sedlaceks (1); 600–900 m, 19.iii.1968, T.C. Maa (2); 400–600 m, i.1969, N.L.H. Krauss (5); 420 m, 21.ix.1979, W.C. Gagne, C.M. Nishida & G.A. Samuelson (1).
  • Paratopotypes (♀): Mt Koghi, ii.1962, N.L.H. Krauss (1); 26–30.i.1963, Kuschel (3); 15.ii.1963, Krauss (4); ±600 m, 30.xi.1963, Straatman (7); 500–700 m, 1.xii.1963, Straatman (5); 500–750 m, 25–26.x.1967, Sedlaceks (1); 300–600 m, 19.iii.1968, J.L. Gressitt & Maa (1); 600–900 m, 19.iii.1968, Maa (5);200–400 m, i.1969, Krauss (2); 400–600 m, i.1969, Krauss (18); SW slope, 500 m, 19–22.viii.1971, J. Holloway (1); 400–500 m, 11.ii.1976, Krauss (1); 420 m, 21.ix.1979, Gagne, Nishida & Samuelson (1); 500–550 m, xii.1983, Krauss (1).
  • Paratypes (♀): Thi River Val., viii.1940, F.X. Williams (1); Col de la Pirogue, vii.1950, Krauss (2); Plateau de Dogny, 20.xi.1958, C.R. Joyce (1); same loc., 150–900 m, 4.ii.1971, Krauss (1); 6 km N of Paita, 25.i.1963, C.M. Yoshimoto (1); Col des Roussettes, 450–550 m, 4–6.ii.1963, Kuschel (3); 7 km S of Tchambouenne, 750 m, 28.i.1964, Straatman (1); Col d’Amieu, 500 m, 26.xii.1976, Psychotria, Gressitt (1); same loc., 500 m, 28.xii.1976, Scaevola, Gressitt (1); same loc., 500–600 m, 28.xii.1976, Gressitt (1); Foret di Thi, 29.x–1.xi.1967, Sedlaceks (1); Foret di Thy, 400 m, 29.iii.1981, J.Chazeau & Gressitt (1); Slopes of Mt Rembai, 375–675 m, 23.ix.1979, Gagne, Nishida & Samuelson (1); Yahoue, 100–200 m, i.1985, Krauss (1).
  • Paratypes (♂): St Louis, v.1950, Krauss (2); Plateau de Dogny, 20.xi.1958, Joyce (1); same loc., 1.ii.1963, Krauss (1); same loc., 29.iii.1968, Maa (1); Col d’Amieu, 750 m, 3.iii.1960, Gressitt (2); same loc., 650 m, 31.iii.1968, Gressitt & Maa (1); same loc., 500 m, 25.xii.1976, Prunus, Gressitt (1); same loc., 500 m, 28.xii.1976, Hibiscus, Gressitt (1); same loc., 500–600 m, 28.xii.1976, Gressitt (1); same loc., 350–650 m, 13.xi.1963, Straatman (1); Foret di Thy, 550 m, 1.iii.1960, Gressitt (2); Foret di Thi, 28.x–1.xi.1967, Sedlaceks (2); Col des Roussettes, 450–500 m, 4–6.ii.1963, Kuschel (2); Valle d’Amoa, 7.ii.1963, Yoshimoto (1); Col de la Pirogue, 330 m, 21.ii.1963, Yoshimoto (3); 7 km S of Tchambouenne, 750 m, 28.i.1964, Straatman (1); La Crouen, 20–22.iii.1968, Gressitt & Maa (1); Yahoue, 60–100 m, iii.1980, Krauss (1).
  • BPBM paratopotype series with parts for deposit in IAC, ISNB, JOLIVET, MNHN, NMNH, ONNC, and SMTD.

Type locality: NEW CALEDONIA. Mt Koghi, 500 m.

References

Primary references

• Samuelson, G.A. 2010. Review of Taophila, a genus endemic to New Caledonia (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae). Zootaxa 2621: 45–62. Preview PDF. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2621.1.3 . Reference page.