Colaspoides

{{Short description|Genus of leaf beetles}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Colaspoides fulgida 330608859.jpg

| image_caption = Colaspoides fulgida, Brazil

| fossil_range = Eocene–recent, {{Fossil range|37.2|0|ref=}}

| taxon = Colaspoides

| display_parents = 2

| authority = Laporte, 1833{{cite journal|last=Laporte|first=F. L. N. de Caumont|year=1833|title=Mémoire sur les divisions du genre Colaspis|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12253711|journal=Revue Entomologique|volume=1|pages=18–25}}

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = See text

| type_species = Cryptocephalus limbatus

| type_species_authority = Fabricius, 1781

| synonyms_ref = {{cite journal|last1=Kimoto|first1=S.|last2=Gressitt|first2=J. L.|year=1982|title=Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) of Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. III. Eumolpinae|url=https://catalog.lib.kyushu-u.ac.jp/opac_download_md/2421/1.pdf|journal=Esakia|volume=18|pages=1–141|doi=10.5109/2421 |hdl=2324/2421|s2cid=83265328 }}

| synonyms =

  • Amasia Dejean, 1836
    (nomen nudum)
  • Melina Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836
    (nomen nudum)
  • Colaspidoides Agassiz, 1846
  • Amasia Chapuis, 1874{{cite contribution|last=Chapuis|first=F.|year=1874|title=Tome dixième. Famille des phytophages|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9655043|editor-last1=Lacordaire|editor-first1=J.T.|editor-last2=Chapuis|editor-first2=F.|encyclopedia=Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Genera des coléoptères|volume=10 |publisher=Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret|place=Paris|pages=i–iv, 1–455}}
  • Melina Chapuis, 1874
    (preoccupied name)
  • Melinophora Lefèvre, 1885{{cite journal|last=Lefèvre|first=É.|year=1885|title=Eumolpidarum hucusque cognitarum catalogus, sectionum conspectu systematico, generum sicut et specierum nonnullarum novarum descriptionibus adjunctis|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27434526|journal=Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège|series=2|volume=11|issue=16|pages=1–172}}
  • Tailandia Chûjô, 1964

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Colaspoides is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is one of the largest genera in the subfamily, containing over 260 species worldwide.{{cite journal|first=L.N.|last=Medvedev|year=2004|title=Revision of the genus Colaspoides Laporte, 1833 (Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) from continental Asia|url=http://zmmu.msu.ru/files/images/spec/Russ%20Ent%20J/ent12_3%20257_297%20Medvedev.pdf|journal=Russian Entomological Journal|volume=12|issue=3|pages=257–297}} It is an extant genus but there is at least one species, C. eocenicus, found in Baltic amber from the Upper Eocene of Russia,{{cite journal|first1=Alexey G.|last1=Moseyko|first2=Alexander G.|last2=Kirejtshuk|year=2013|title=On the taxonomic position of new taxa of the subfamily Eumolpinae (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae) from Baltic amber|journal=Terrestrial Arthropod Reviews|volume=6|issue=1–2|pages=163–172|doi=10.1163/18749836-06021063}} and the genus has also been reported from the Miocene of the Dominican Republic.

The Neotropical species of Colaspoides, including the type species, lack elytra-locking grooves on the pygidium, unlike in the Asian species and in similar-looking Neotropical Eumolpinae genera such as Beltia. According to Flowers (2018), this suggests that the Asian species of Colaspoides should be transferred to different genera.{{cite journal|last=Flowers|first=R. Wills|year=2018|title=A review of the genus Beltia Jacoby (Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae: Eumolpini), with descriptions of fourteen new species from Costa Rica, Panama, and northwestern South America|url=http://journals.fcla.edu/mundi/article/download/0672/102558|journal=Insecta Mundi|issue=672|pages=1–43}}

Species

The genus contains the following species:{{cite contribution|last=Clavareau|first=H.|year=1914|title=Chrysomelidae: 11. Eumolpinae|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10432889|editor-last1=Junk|editor-first1=W.|editor-link1=Wilhelm Junk|editor-last2=Schenkling|editor-first2=S.|editor-link2=Sigmund Schenkling|encyclopedia=Coleopterorum Catalogus|volume=59|pages=1–215|place=Berlin|publisher=W. Junk}}

Neotropical species:{{cite journal|first1=Caroline S.|last1=Chaboo|first2=R. Wills|last2=Flowers|year=2015|title=Beetles (Coleoptera) of Peru: A Survey of the Families. Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae Hope, 1840|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/288021291|journal=Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society|volume=88|issue=3|pages=375–379|doi=10.2317/kent-88-03-375-379.1|s2cid=87900852}}{{cite journal|last=Bechyné|first=J.|year=1953|title=Katalog der neotropischen Eumolpiden (Col. Phytoph. Chrysomeloidea)|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49645311|journal=Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey|volume=4|pages=26–303|language=German}}

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Palaearctic, Indomalaysian and Australasian species:{{cite book|last1=Moseyko|first1=A. G.|last2=Sprecher-Uebersax|first2=E.|year=2010|chapter=Eumolpinae|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qt8zDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA620|editor-last1=Löbl|editor-first1=I.|editor-last2=Smetana|editor-first2=A.|title=Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea|location=Stenstrup, Denmark|publisher=Apollo Books|pages=619–643|isbn=978-87-88757-84-2}}{{cite book|last=Mohamedsaid|first=M. S.|year=2004|title=Catalogue of the Malaysian Chrysomelidae (Insecta: Coleoptera)|pages=1–239|place=Sofia|publisher=Pensoft Publishers|series=Pensoft Series Faunistica|volume=36|isbn=9546422010|issn=1312-0174}}

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Renamed species:

  • Colaspoides malayana Medvedev, 1998 (preoccupied by C. malayana Jacoby, 1894): renamed to Colaspoides malayensis Medvedev, 2004
  • Colaspoides pallidula Lea, 1915 (preoccupied by C. pallidula Jacoby, 1889): renamed to Colaspoides leai Medvedev, 2000
  • Colaspoides piceus Kimoto & Gressitt, 1982 (preoccupied by C. picea Baly, 1867): renamed to Colaspoides piceana Medvedev, 2004
  • Colaspoides purpurata Medvedev & Takizawa, 2011{{cite journal|last1=Medvedev|first1=L. N.|last2=Takizawa|first2=H.|year=2011|title=Leaf beetles of the subfamily Eumolpinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from Bali, Indonesia|url=http://ejournal.ukm.my/serangga/issue/download/553/77|journal=Serangga|volume=16|issue=1|pages=7–27}} (preoccupied by C. purpurata Medvedev, 2006) renamed to Colaspoides purpurascens Medvedev, 2015
  • Colaspoides tarsalis Chen, 1935 (preoccupied by C. tarsalis Lea, 1915): renamed to Colaspoides paddis Aslam, 1968
  • Colaspoides tibialis Lefèvre, 1875 (preoccupied by C. tibialis (Germar, 1824)): renamed to Colaspoides tibiella Bechyné, 1953

Synonyms:

  • Colaspoides discoidea Lefèvre, 1891: synonym of Colaspoides viridicollis Jacoby, 1878{{cite journal|last1=Bechyné|first1=J.|last2=Springlová de Bechyné|first2=B.|year=1969|title=Notas sobre Phytophaga americanos (Coleoptera)|url=http://chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/sites/chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/files/1969_Separata_179.pdf|journal=Revista de la Facultad de Agronomía (Maracay)|volume=3|pages=5–64|access-date=2019-02-18|archive-date=2018-09-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180902091241/http://chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/sites/chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/files/1969_Separata_179.pdf|url-status=dead}}
  • Colaspoides fruhstorferi Jacoby, 1898: synonym of Colaspoides robusta Baly, 1867
  • Colaspoides imasakai yakuanus Komiya, 1991: synonym of Colaspoides imasakai Komiya, 1991
  • Colaspoides opulenta Jacoby, 1900: synonym of Colaspoides fasciata Lefèvre, 1875{{cite journal|last=Bechyné|first=J.|year=1957|title=Les Chrysomeloidea néotropicaus des collections du Muséum Zool. de l'Université á Helsingfors|url=http://chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/sites/chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/files/1957_Separata_126.pdf|journal=Notulae Entomologicae|volume=37|pages=53–57}}
  • Colaspoides paviei Lefèvre, 1890: synonym of Colaspoides rugipennis (Motschulsky, 1860)
  • Colaspoides phalerata Weise, 1922: synonym of Colaspoides philippinensis Baly, 1867
  • Colaspoides subrugosa Jacoby, 1908: synonym of Colaspoides bengalensis Duvivier, 1892{{cite journal|last=Kimoto|first=S.|year=2004|title=New or little known Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) from Nepal, Bhutan and the northern territories of Indian subcontinent|url=http://www.kmnh.jp/wp-content/themes/kmnh_jp/images/pdf/A2-47-E-Kimoto.pdf|journal=Bulletin of Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History and Human History|series=Series A (Natural History)|volume=2|pages=47–63|access-date=2019-02-09|archive-date=2019-02-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209124050/http://www.kmnh.jp/wp-content/themes/kmnh_jp/images/pdf/A2-47-E-Kimoto.pdf|url-status=dead}}

Species moved to Beltia:

  • Colaspoides chanchamayensis Bechyné, 1950:{{cite journal|last=Bechyné|first=J.|year=1950|title=Eumolpides Américains nouveaux ou peu connus|url=http://chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/sites/chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/files/1950_Separata_70.pdf|journal=Entomologischen Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey|volume=1|pages=205–238|access-date=2018-09-23|archive-date=2018-09-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923200725/http://chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/sites/chrysomelidae.miza-ucv.org.ve/files/1950_Separata_70.pdf|url-status=dead}} now a synonym of Beltia weyrauchi (Bechyné, 1950)
  • Colaspoides chiriquensis Jacoby, 1882: now Beltia chiriquensis (Jacoby, 1882)
  • Colaspoides placidula Bechyné, 1950: now Beltia placidula (Bechyné, 1950)
  • Colaspoides placidula angustomarginata Bechyné, 1953: now Beltia angustomarginata (Bechyné, 1953)
  • Colaspoides turialbana Bechyné, 1950:{{cite journal|last=Bechyné|first=J.|year=1950|title=Notes sur les eumolpides américains|url=https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/MittMuenchEntGes_040_0245-0263.pdf|journal=Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft|volume=40|pages=245–263}} now a synonym of Beltia chiriquensis (Jacoby, 1882)
  • Colaspoides weyrauchi Bechyné, 1950: now Beltia weyrauchi (Bechyné, 1950)

References

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{{cite web |url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=289452 |title=Colaspoides Laporte 1833 |work=Paleobiology Database |publisher=Fossilworks |access-date=25 June 2018}}

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