{{short description|Genus of leaf beetles}} {{Automatic taxobox | taxon = Taophila | display_parents = 2 | authority = Heller, 1916 | type_species = ''Taophila subsericea'' | type_species_authority = Heller, 1916 }}
'''''Taophila''''' is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae.<ref name="PlataniaGomezZurita2023">{{cite journal|last1=Platania|first1=L.|last2=Gómez-Zurita|first2=J.|year=2023|title=Current knowledge on the diversity of Eumolpinae (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) in New Caledonia|journal=ZooKeys|issue=1177|pages=41–55|doi=10.3897/zookeys.1177.101293|doi-access=free|pmid=37692319 |pmc=10483691 |bibcode=2023ZooK.1177...41P |hdl=10261/337235|hdl-access=free}}</ref> The genus is endemic to New Caledonia.<ref name="Samuelson2010">{{cite journal|first=G. A.|last=Samuelson|year=2010|title=Review of ''Taophila'', a genus endemic to New Caledonia (Coleoptera : Chrysomelidae : Eumolpinae)|url=http://mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/zt02621p062.pdf|journal=Zootaxa|volume=2621|pages=45–62|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.2621.1.3|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref name="Gómez-Zurita2014">{{cite journal|first1=J.|last1=Gómez-Zurita|first2=A.|last2=Cardoso|year=2014|orig-date=Published online 7 October 2013|title=Systematics of the New Caledonian endemic genus ''Taophila'' Heller (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Eumolpinae) combining morphological, molecular and ecological data, with description of two new species|journal=Systematic Entomology|volume=39|issue=1|pages=111–126|doi=10.1111/syen.12038|bibcode=2014SysEn..39..111G |s2cid=86311766 }}</ref>
==Taxonomy== ''Taophila'' was first established in 1916 by the Austrian entomologist Karl Borromaeus Maria Josef Heller for a single described species, ''Taophila subsericea''. The genus remained monotypic for nearly a century, until two further species were described in 2007. In 2010, the genus was revised by G. Allan Samuelson, who added another nine species.<ref name="Samuelson2010"/>
In 2014, entomologists Jésus Gómez-Zurita and Anabela Cardoso made a morphological and molecular phylogenetic study of the genus, using the results to propose two new subgenera: ''Jolivetiana'' and ''Lapita''.<ref name="Gómez-Zurita2014"/> The subgenus ''Lapita'' was later found to be a junior homonym of the fly genus ''Lapita'' Bickel, 2002, and moreover the group has many morphological differences to ''Taophila'' s. str., so it was renamed to ''Tricholapita'' and elevated in rank to genus in 2020.<ref name="GomezZuritaPlataniaCardoso2020">{{cite journal|last1=Gómez-Zurita|first1=J.|last2=Platania|first2=L.|last3=Cardoso|first3=A.|year=2020|title=A new species of the genus ''Tricholapita'' nom. nov. and stat. nov. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Eumolpinae) from New Caledonia|journal=Zootaxa|volume=4858|issue=1|pages=85–94|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4858.1.5|pmid=33056243 |s2cid=222833055 }}</ref>
==Species== ''Taophila'' contains 21 species, which are divided into two subgenera:<ref name="Samuelson2010"/><ref name="Gómez-Zurita2014"/><ref name="PlataniaCardosoGomezZurita2019">{{cite journal|last1=Platania|first1=L.|last2=Cardoso|first2=A.|last3=Gómez-Zurita|first3=J.|year=2020|orig-date=Published online 8 November 2019|title=Diversity and evolution of New Caledonian endemic ''Taophila'' subgenus ''Lapita'' (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae)|journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society|volume=189|issue=4|pages=1123–1154|doi=10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz119}}</ref><ref name="GomezZuritaPlataniaCardoso2020"/><ref name="PlataniaGómezZurita2021">{{cite journal|last1=Platania|first1=L.|last2=Gómez-Zurita|first2=J.|year=2021|title=Integrative taxonomic revision of the New Caledonian endemic genus ''Taophila'' Heller (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Eumolpinae)|journal=Insect Systematics & Evolution|volume=Advance Articles|issue=2 |pages=111–184 |doi=10.1163/1876312X-bja10021|s2cid=240236803 }}</ref> * Subgenus '''''Taophila''''' <small>Heller, 1916</small> ** ''Taophila bituberculata'' <small>Platania & Gómez-Zurita, 2021</small> ** ''Taophila carinata'' <small>Platania & Gómez-Zurita, 2021</small> ** ''Taophila corvi'' <small>Samuelson, 2010</small> ** ''Taophila dapportoi'' <small>Platania & Gómez-Zurita, 2021</small> ** ''Taophila davincii'' <small>Platania & Gómez-Zurita, 2021</small> ** ''Taophila deimos'' <small>Samuelson, 2010</small> ** ''Taophila draco'' <small>Platania & Gómez-Zurita, 2021</small> ** ''Taophila goa'' <small>Platania & Gómez-Zurita, 2021</small> ** ''Taophila hackae'' <small>Platania & Gómez-Zurita, 2021</small> ** ''Taophila hydrae'' <small>Samuelson, 2010</small> ** ''Taophila joliveti'' <small>Samuelson, 2010</small> ** ''Taophila millei'' <small>Samuelson, 2010</small> ** ''Taophila nigrans'' <small>Jolivet, Verma & Mille, 2007</small> ** ''Taophila sagittarii'' <small>Samuelson, 2010</small> ** ''Taophila samuelsoni'' <small>Platania & Gómez-Zurita, 2021</small> ** ''Taophila scorpii'' <small>Samuelson, 2010</small> ** ''Taophila sideralis'' <small>Platania & Gómez-Zurita, 2021</small> ** ''Taophila subsericea'' <small>Heller, 1916</small> (synonym: ''Taophila mandjeliae'' <small>(Jolivet, Verma & Mille, 2010)</small><ref name="Gómez-Zurita2017">{{cite journal|first=J.|last=Gómez-Zurita|year=2017|title=Insights on the genus ''Acronymolpus'' Samuelson with new synonymies and exclusion of ''Stethotes'' Baly from the fauna of New Caledonia (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Eumolpinae)|journal=ZooKeys|issue=720|pages=65–75|doi=10.3897/zookeys.720.13582|pmc=5740434|pmid=29290725 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2017ZooK..720...65G }}</ref>)<ref name="PlataniaGómezZurita2021"/> ** ''Taophila taaluny'' <small>Platania & Gómez-Zurita, 2021</small> ** ''Taophila wanati'' <small>Platania & Gómez-Zurita, 2021</small> * Subgenus '''''Jolivetiana''''' <small>Gómez-Zurita & Cardoso, 2014</small><ref name="Gómez-Zurita2014"/> ** ''Taophila mantillerii'' <small>Jolivet, Verma & Mille, 2007</small>
Species now in ''Tricholapita'' <small>Gómez-Zurita & Cardoso, 2020</small> (formerly the subgenus ''Lapita'' <small>Gómez-Zurita & Cardoso, 2014 nec Bickel, 2002</small><ref name="Gómez-Zurita2014"/>):<ref name="GomezZuritaPlataniaCardoso2020"/> * ''Taophila aphrodita'' <small>Gómez-Zurita, 2014</small><ref name="Gómez-Zurita2014"/> * ''Taophila atlantis'' <small>Platania & Gómez-Zurita, 2019</small><ref name="PlataniaCardosoGomezZurita2019"/> * ''Taophila gaea'' <small>Gómez-Zurita, 2014</small><ref name="Gómez-Zurita2014"/> * ''Taophila hermes'' <small>Platania & Gómez-Zurita, 2019</small><ref name="PlataniaCardosoGomezZurita2019"/> * ''Taophila kronos'' <small>Platania & Gómez-Zurita, 2019</small><ref name="PlataniaCardosoGomezZurita2019"/> * ''Taophila mars'' <small>Samuelson, 2010</small><ref name="Samuelson2010"/> * ''Taophila oceanica'' <small>Platania & Gómez-Zurita, 2019</small><ref name="PlataniaCardosoGomezZurita2019"/> * ''Taophila olympica'' <small>Platania & Gómez-Zurita, 2019</small><ref name="PlataniaCardosoGomezZurita2019"/> * ''Taophila ouranos'' <small>Platania & Gómez-Zurita, 2019</small><ref name="PlataniaCardosoGomezZurita2019"/> * ''Taophila riberai'' <small>Platania & Gómez-Zurita, 2019</small><ref name="PlataniaCardosoGomezZurita2019"/> * ''Taophila tridentata'' <small>Platania & Gómez-Zurita, 2019</small><ref name="PlataniaCardosoGomezZurita2019"/>
''T. cancellata'' <small>Samuelson, 2010</small><ref name="Samuelson2010"/> was tentatively transferred to ''Dematochroma'' in 2014,<ref name="Gómez-Zurita2014"/> then was proposed as a synonym of ''Dumbea striata'' in 2023,<ref name="PlataniaGomezZurita2023"/> which was then transferred to the genus ''Cazeresia'' in 2025.<ref name=GomezZuritaCardoso2025>{{Cite Q|Q134840938|doi-access=free}}</ref>
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Category:Eumolpinae Category:Chrysomelidae genera Category:Insects of New Caledonia Category:Beetles of Oceania Category:Taxa named by Karl Borromaeus Maria Josef Heller Category:Endemic fauna of New Caledonia
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