Phola is a genus of leaf beetles in the family Chrysomelidae, subfamily Chrysomelinae. It occurs in east and south-east Asia, the south-west Pacific, eastern and northern Australia. It was formerly a synonym of Chalcolampra. It is distinguished from other chrysomeline genera in Australia by the twisted epipleura, but its recognition may render either Chalcolampra or Phyllocharis paraphyletic.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Chrysomelinae |
| Genus: | Phola Weise, 1890 |
| Type species | |
| Phola keyserlingi (= Chrysomela octodecimguttata Fabricius, 1775) Weise, 1890
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Phyllophila Stål, 1857 | |
List of species
editThe genus contains the following species:[3][1]
- Phola decemmaculata (Lea, 1903)
- Phola delicatula (Lea, 1916)
- Phola octodecimguttata (Fabricius, 1775)
- Phola quadrifasciata (Lea, 1916)
- Phola sedecimpustulata (Stål, 1857)
- Phola tenuis (Lea, 1916)
- Phola vitticollis (Lea, 1915)
References
edit- ^ a b Kimoto, S.; Gressitt, J.L. (1981). "Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) of Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. II. Clytrinae, Cryptocephalinae, Lamprosomatinae and Chrysomelinae" (PDF). Pacific Insects. 23 (3–4): 286–391.
- ^ Reid, C.A.M. (2006). "A taxonomic revision of the Australian Chrysomelinae, with a key to the genera (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Zootaxa. 1292: 1–119. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1292.1.1. (Erratum: doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1306.1.6)
- ^ "Genus Phola Weise, 1890". Australian Faunal Directory. Retrieved 8 September 2021.