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 (1957) 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 – Mauritius Trichostola aurata Jacoby, 1898 – Mauritius Trichostola berliozi Bechyné, 1957 Trichostola berliozi antennalis Bechyné, 1957 – Réunion Trichostola berliozi berliozi Bechyné, 1957 – Mauritius Trichostola callitrichia Bechyné, 1957 – Mauritius Trichostola cariei Berlioz, 1915 – Mauritius Trichostola chapuisi Jacoby, 1898 – Réunion Trichostola chrysoptera Bechyné, 1957 – Mauritius Trichostola collaris Berlioz, 1915 Trichostola collaris collaris Berlioz, 1915 – Mauritius Trichostola collaris reunionis Bechyné, 1957 – Réunion Trichostola cribricollis Berlioz, 1915 – Mauritius Trichostola emmerezi Berlioz, 1915 – Mauritius Trichostola evops Berlioz, 1915 Trichostola evops evops Berlioz, 1915 – Mauritius Trichostola evops vicaria Bechyné, 1957 – Réunion Trichostola fasciatipennis Jacoby, 1902 – Mauritius Trichostola femoralis Jacoby, 1902 – Mauritius Trichostola intermedia Berlioz, 1915 – Mauritius Trichostola mameti Bechyné, 1957 – Mauritius Trichostola ornata Berlioz, 1915 – Mauritius, Réunion Trichostola perilampina Bechyné, 1957 – Mauritius Trichostola pilula Berlioz, 1915 – Mauritius Trichostola striatipennis Jacoby, 1898 – Mauritius Trichostola tenuepunctata Berlioz, 1915 – Mauritius Trichostola thoracica Jacoby, 1902 – Mauritius Trichostola umbilicata Bechyné, 1957 – Mauritius Trichostola variegata Jacoby, 1898 – Mauritius Trichostola vestita (Boheman, 1858) Trichostola vestita vestita (Boheman, 1858) – Mauritius Trichostola vestita viridicata Bechyné, 1957 – Réunion Trichostola vinsoni Bechyné, 1957 – Mauritius
Species described from Rodrigues Island: Trichostola pauliani Vinson, 1961 (nomen nudum)
Species described from mainland Africa and Madagascar (to be placed in other genera): Trichostola capensis Lefèvre, 1890 – South Africa, now placed in Lucignolo Trichostola fuscitarsis Chapuis, 1879 – Ethiopia, Somalia Trichostola grandis Fairmaire, 1901 – Madagascar, now placed in Pseudostola Trichostola grossa Harold, 1878 – Tanzania Trichostola lefevrei Jacoby, 1898 – South Africa Trichostola magnicollis Fairmaire, 1886 – Djibouti
Species described from Australia (or Trichostola Weise, 1923) Trichostola amoena Weise, 1923 Trichostola macilenta Weise, 1923 Trichostola multiseriata Weise, 1923 Trichostola nubila Weise, 1923 Trichostola peregrina Weise, 1923 Trichostola similis Weise, 1923
References
External links Genus Trichostola Weise, 1923 at Australian Faunal Directory