Callistola

Callistola
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
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

1. 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.