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. Jump up to: 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. Jump up to: 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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