Callistola Explained

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Staines . C.L. . 2015 . Tribe Cryptonychini Chapuis 1875 . Catalog of the Hispines of the World (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) . . 14–24 . 4 February 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240204071716/https://naturalhistory.si.edu/sites/default/files/media/file/cryptonychini2015_0.pdf . 4 February 2024 . live.
2. Web site: Staines . C.L. . 2016 . Callistola . Hispine Pests of Palms . . 4 February 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240204095004/https://idtools.org/tools/1040/index.cfm?packageID=1108&entityID=3160 . 4 February 2024 . live.
3. Gressitt . Judson Linsley . 1963 . Hispine beetles (Chrysomelidae) from New Guinea . Pacific Insects . . 5 . 3 . 641–662 . 0030-8714 . 1761674.