Biology:Callicolaspis

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Short description: Genus of leaf beetles from South America

Callicolaspis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Eumolpini
Genus: Callicolaspis
Bechyné, 1950[1]
Type species
Colaspis heros
Lefèvre, 1877

Callicolaspis is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is known from South America. It was formerly considered a synonym of Lycaste Gistel, 1848, but in 2003 it was restored as a separate genus.[2] Lycaste itself was later found to be an unnecessary replacement name for Chalcophana, and the name Eupetale was established for the species formerly placed under Lycaste.[3]

Species

As of 2003, the genus is restricted to five species:[2]

  • Callicolaspis cuneiformis Bechyné, 1950[1]
  • Callicolaspis guignoti Bechyné, 1951[4]
  • Callicolaspis heros (Lefèvre, 1877)[5]
  • Callicolaspis munifica (Erichson, 1847)
  • Callicolaspis ornata (Jacoby, 1903) (Synonym: Callicolaspis ellifranzaeana Bechyné, 1950[1])[6]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Bechyné, J. (1950). "Les générotypes des Eumolpides de l'Amérique du Sud et du Centre avec les diagnoses des formes nouvelles (Col. Phytoph. Chrysomeloidea)". Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft 40: 264–292. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29138310. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Flowers, R. W. (2003). "Notes on the genus Lycaste Gistl, and resurrection of Callicolaspis Bechyné (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 105 (4): 925–932. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16212472. 
  3. Flowers, R.W. (2021). "A New Genus for Two Orphaned Species of Lycaste Gistel (Coleoptera: Chryssomelidae: Eumolpinae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin 75 (3): 700–701. doi:10.1649/0010-065X-75.3.700. http://zoobank.org/?lsid=urn:lsid:zoobank.org:CBC66636-0058-4B2B-9F92-939A91C626A9. 
  4. Bechyné, J. (1951). "Liste provisoire des Eumolpides de Bolivie et observations diverses sur les espèces de l'Amérique du Sud (Col. Phytophaga)". Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey Tutzing bei München 2: 227–352. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45935465. 
  5. Lefèvre, E. (1877). "Descriptions de coléoptères nouveaux ou peu connus de la famille des Eumolpides (1re partie)". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 5 7: 115–166. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8244443. 
  6. Bechyné, J. (1955). "Reise des Herrn G. Frey in Südamerika: Eumolpidae (Col. Phytophaga)". Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey Tutzing bei München 6: 569–657. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45918278. 

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