Pilacolaspis

Life-forms

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

Familia: Chrysomelidae
Subfamilia: Eumolpinae
Tribus: Eumolpini
Genus: Pilacolaspis
Species (2): P. huttoni – P. latipennis
Name

Pilacolaspis Sharp, 1886: 446

Type species: Pilacolaspis wakefieldi Sharp, 1886 [= Colaspis huttoni Broun, 1880], by monotypy.
References
Primary references

Sharp, D. 1886. On New Zealand Coleoptera, with descriptions of new genera and species. Scientific transactions of the Royal Dublin Society (2)3: 351–454, plates XII–XIII. BHL. Internet Archive. Reference page. [first availability, see p. 446]

Additional references

Broun, T. 1893. Manual of the New Zealand Coleoptera. Part V. Pp. iv + 975–1320. New Zealand Institute, Wellington. BHL Reference page.
Broun, T. 1913. Descriptions of new genera and species of Coleoptera (Continued from vol. XLIV.) Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 45: 97–163. BHL Full text and PDF. Reference page.
Broun, T. 1914. Descriptions of new genera and species of Coleoptera. Part III. New Zealand Institute bulletin 1(3): 143–266. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.12470. BHL. Reference page.
Craw, R.C. & Watt, J.C. 1987. An Upper Cretaceous beetle (Coleoptera) from Hawkes Bay, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 17(4): 395–398. DOI: 10.1080/03036758.1987.10426480
Gómez-Zurita, J. 2020. Taxonomic revision of species in the New Zealand endemic genera Peniticus Sharp, 1876 and Pilacolaspis Sharp, 1886 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Austral Entomology 59(4): 701–730. DOI: 10.1111/aen.12503 Paywall. Reference page.
Marris, J.W.M. 2001. Beetles of conservation interest from the Three Kings Islands. A report submitted to the Department of Conservation, Northland Conservancy. PDF

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