Trichostola
Trichostola is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed on the Mascarene Islands. Some species placed in the genus have also been described from mainland Africa and Madagascar, but according to Jan Bechyné these actually belong to other genera. Additionally, some species described from Australia were placed in the genus by Julius Weise in 1923, but these are also considered to be misplaced.
Species
Species described from Réunion and Mauritius:Trichostola alluaudi Jacoby, 1898 – MauritiusTrichostola aurata Jacoby, 1898 – MauritiusTrichostola berliozi Bechyné, 1957- * Trichostola berliozi antennalis Bechyné, 1957 – Réunion
- * Trichostola berliozi berliozi Bechyné, 1957 – MauritiusTrichostola callitrichia Bechyné, 1957 – MauritiusTrichostola cariei Berlioz, 1915 – MauritiusTrichostola chapuisi Jacoby, 1898 – RéunionTrichostola chrysoptera Bechyné, 1957 – MauritiusTrichostola collaris Berlioz, 1915
- * Trichostola collaris collaris Berlioz, 1915 – Mauritius
- * Trichostola collaris reunionis Bechyné, 1957 – RéunionTrichostola cribricollis Berlioz, 1915 – MauritiusTrichostola emmerezi Berlioz, 1915 – MauritiusTrichostola evops Berlioz, 1915
- * Trichostola evops evops Berlioz, 1915 – Mauritius
- * Trichostola evops vicaria Bechyné, 1957 – RéunionTrichostola fasciatipennis Jacoby, 1902 – MauritiusTrichostola femoralis Jacoby, 1902 – MauritiusTrichostola intermedia Berlioz, 1915 – MauritiusTrichostola mameti Bechyné, 1957 – MauritiusTrichostola ornata Berlioz, 1915 – Mauritius, RéunionTrichostola perilampina Bechyné, 1957 – MauritiusTrichostola pilula Berlioz, 1915 – MauritiusTrichostola striatipennis Jacoby, 1898 – MauritiusTrichostola tenuepunctata Berlioz, 1915 – MauritiusTrichostola thoracica Jacoby, 1902 – MauritiusTrichostola umbilicata Bechyné, 1957 – MauritiusTrichostola variegata Jacoby, 1898 – MauritiusTrichostola vestita
- * Trichostola vestita vestita – Mauritius
- * Trichostola vestita viridicata Bechyné, 1957 – RéunionTrichostola vinsoni Bechyné, 1957 – Mauritius
Species described from mainland Africa and Madagascar :Trichostola capensis Lefèvre, 1890 – South Africa, now placed in LucignoloTrichostola fuscitarsis Chapuis, 1879 – Ethiopia, SomaliaTrichostola grandis Fairmaire, 1901 – Madagascar, now placed in PseudostolaTrichostola grossa Harold, 1878 – TanzaniaTrichostola lefevrei Jacoby, 1898 – South AfricaTrichostola magnicollis Fairmaire, 1886 – Djibouti
Species described from Australia Trichostola amoena Weise, 1923Trichostola macilenta Weise, 1923Trichostola multiseriata Weise, 1923Trichostola nubila Weise, 1923Trichostola peregrina Weise, 1923Trichostola similis Weise, 1923