Callispa brevipes
| Callispa brevipes | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Callispa |
| Species: | C. brevipes
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| Binomial name | |
| Callispa brevipes Maulik, 1919
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Callispa brevipes, is a species of leaf beetle found in Sri Lanka.[1][2][3]
Description
Body length is about 3.65 to 4.16 mm. Body oblong. Head blackish. Oval-shaped eyes are yellowish. Antennae light brown and about 1.10 to 1.20mm long. Prothorax is reddish violet and 0.08 to 1.00 long. Anterior margin with a transverse row of punctures. Scutellum pentagonal. Elytra metallic bluish violet. Elytral length is about 2.10 to 2.40mm. There are eight rows of punctures at each elytron base. Very small and brownish hind wings with a total length of about 3.00 mm. Legs are reddish brown. Legs with broad tarsi, and short tibiae.[4]
References
- ^ "Callispa brevipes Maulik, 1919". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
- ^ "Tribe Callispini Chapuis 1875" (PDF). naturalhistory.si.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
- ^ Kimoto, Shinsaku (2003). "The Chrysomelidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) collected by Dr. Akio Otake, on the occasion of his entomological survey in Sri Lanka from 1973 to 1975". Bulletin of the Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History and Human History, Series A (Natural History). 1: 23–43. doi:10.34522/kmnh.1.0_23. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
- ^ "Taxonomic studies on some species of the genus' Callispa'baly (Hispinae, Chrysomelidae, Coleoptera) of the Oriental region" (PDF). spiral.imperial.ac.uk. Retrieved 2021-09-26.