{{Short description|Genus of leaf beetles from South America}} {{Automatic taxobox | taxon = Callicolaspis | display_parents = 2 | authority = Bechyné, 1950<ref name="Bechyné1950a">{{cite journal|first=J.|last=Bechyné|year=1950|title=Les générotypes des Eumolpides de l'Amérique du Sud et du Centre avec les diagnoses des formes nouvelles (Col. Phytoph. Chrysomeloidea)|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29138310|journal=Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft|volume=40|pages=264–292}}</ref> | type_species = ''Colaspis heros'' | type_species_authority = 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.<ref name="Flowers2003">{{cite journal|last=Flowers|first=R. W.|year=2003|title=Notes on the genus ''Lycaste'' Gistl, and resurrection of ''Callicolaspis'' Bechyné (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae)|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16212472|journal=Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington|volume=105|issue=4|pages=925–932}}</ref> ''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''.<ref name="Flowers2021">{{cite journal|last=Flowers|first=R.W.|year=2021|title=A New Genus for Two Orphaned Species of ''Lycaste'' Gistel (Coleoptera: Chryssomelidae: Eumolpinae)|url=http://zoobank.org/?lsid=urn:lsid:zoobank.org:CBC66636-0058-4B2B-9F92-939A91C626A9|journal=The Coleopterists Bulletin|volume=75|issue=3|pages=700–701|doi=10.1649/0010-065X-75.3.700|s2cid=245386230 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
==Species== As of 2003, the genus is restricted to five species:<ref name="Flowers2003"/> * ''Callicolaspis cuneiformis'' <small>Bechyné, 1950</small><ref name="Bechyné1950a"/> * ''Callicolaspis guignoti'' <small>Bechyné, 1951</small><ref name="Bechyné1951">{{cite journal|first=J.|last=Bechyné|year=1951|title=Liste provisoire des Eumolpides de Bolivie et observations diverses sur les espèces de l'Amérique du Sud (Col. Phytophaga)|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45935465|journal=Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey Tutzing bei München|volume=2|pages=227–352}}</ref> * ''Callicolaspis heros'' <small>(Lefèvre, 1877)</small><ref name="Lefevre1877">{{cite journal|last=Lefèvre|first=E.|year=1877|title=Descriptions de coléoptères nouveaux ou peu connus de la famille des Eumolpides (1re partie)|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8244443|journal=Annales de la Société Entomologique de France|series=5|volume=7|pages=115–166}}</ref> * ''Callicolaspis munifica'' <small>(Erichson, 1847)</small> * ''Callicolaspis ornata'' <small>(Jacoby, 1903)</small> (Synonym: ''Callicolaspis ellifranzaeana'' <small>Bechyné, 1950</small><ref name="Bechyné1950a"/>)<ref name="Bechyné1955">{{cite journal|first=J.|last=Bechyné|year=1955|title=Reise des Herrn G. Frey in Südamerika: Eumolpidae (Col. Phytophaga)|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45918278|journal=Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum G. Frey Tutzing bei München|volume=6|pages=569–657}}</ref>
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Category:Eumolpinae Category:Chrysomelidae genera Category:Beetles of South America
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