# Colaspidea

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***Colaspidea*** is a genus of [leaf beetles](/source/Leaf_beetle) in the subfamily [Eumolpinae](/source/Eumolpinae). It is known from North America ([California](/source/California) and the [southwestern United States](/source/Southwestern_United_States)) and the [Mediterranean](/source/Mediterranean_Basin). It has recently been suggested that the Mediterranean species of *Colaspidea* are a sister genus to *[Chalcosicya](/source/Chalcosicya)*, and that *[Colaspina](/source/Colaspina)* forms a sister genus to the former two combined. It has also been suggested that the North American species of *Colaspidea* may represent a separate genus.[2]

The North American species of *Colaspidea* have wings, while the Mediterranean species are [wingless](/source/Wingless_insect).[2][3]

## Species

There are 19 described species in the genus *Colaspidea*:[3][4][5][6][7]

Mediterranean species:[3]

- *[Colaspidea algarvensis](/source/Colaspidea_algarvensis)* Zoia, 2014[3]
- *[Colaspidea confinis](/source/Colaspidea_confinis)* Zoia, 2014[3]
- *[Colaspidea dogueti](/source/Colaspidea_dogueti)* Zoia, 2014[3]
- *[Colaspidea globosa](/source/Colaspidea_globosa)* ([Küster](/source/Heinrich_Carl_K%C3%BCster), 1848) g
- *[Colaspidea graeca](/source/Colaspidea_graeca)* Zoia, 2014[3]
- *[Colaspidea grossa](/source/Colaspidea_grossa)* [Fairmaire](/source/L%C3%A9on_Fairmaire), 1866 g
- *[Colaspidea incerta](/source/Colaspidea_incerta)* Zoia, 2014[3]
- *[Colaspidea inflata](/source/Colaspidea_inflata)* [Lefèvre](/source/%C3%89douard_Lef%C3%A8vre), 1876
- *[Colaspidea juengeri](/source/Colaspidea_juengeri)* Doguet, 1988 (formerly a subspecies of *C. metallica*)
- *[Colaspidea maghrebina](/source/Colaspidea_maghrebina)* Zoia, 2014[3]
- *[Colaspidea maura](/source/Colaspidea_maura)* Zoia, 2014[3]
- *[Colaspidea metallica](/source/Colaspidea_metallica)* ([Rossi](/source/Pietro_Rossi_(scientist)), 1790) g
- *[Colaspidea oblonga](/source/Colaspidea_oblonga)* ([Blanchard](/source/%C3%89mile_Blanchard), 1845) g (synonyms: *C. nitida* [H. Lucas](/source/Hippolyte_Lucas), 1846; *C. oblonga* ([Fairmaire](/source/L%C3%A9on_Fairmaire), 1862); *C. oblonga albanica* Schatzmayr, 1923)[8]
- *[Colaspidea ovulum](/source/Colaspidea_ovulum)* [Fairmaire](/source/L%C3%A9on_Fairmaire), 1866
- *[Colaspidea pallidipes](/source/Colaspidea_pallidipes)* Zoia, 2014[3]
- *[Colaspidea proxima](/source/Colaspidea_proxima)* ([Fairmaire](/source/L%C3%A9on_Fairmaire), 1862) g

North American species:

- *[Colaspidea pallipes](/source/Colaspidea_pallipes)* [Fall](/source/Henry_Clinton_Fall), 1933 i c g
- *[Colaspidea pomonae](/source/Colaspidea_pomonae)* [Fall](/source/Henry_Clinton_Fall), 1933 i c g
- *[Colaspidea smaragdula](/source/Colaspidea_smaragdula)* ([LeConte](/source/John_Lawrence_LeConte), 1857) i c g b

Data sources: i = ITIS,[4] c = Catalogue of Life,[5] g = GBIF,[6] b = BugGuide[7]

## References

1. Laporte, F. L. N. de Caumont (1833). ["Mémoire sur les divisions du genre *Colaspis*"](https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12253711). *Revue Entomologique*. **1**: 18–25.

1. Flowers, R. Wills (2012). ["*Chalcosicya maya* n. sp, a new Mexican species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) and its implications for morphology and biogeography"](https://web.archive.org/web/20181221182446/http://journals.fcla.edu/mundi/article/download/0209/74464). *[Insecta Mundi](/source/Insecta_Mundi)*. '***(209): 1–9. Archived from [the original](http://journals.fcla.edu/mundi/article/download/0209/74464) on 2018-12-21. Retrieved 2018-12-21.***

1. Zoia, S. (2014). ["The Mediterranean *Colaspidea* (Coleoptera Chrysomelidae Eumolpinae)"](http://sei.pagepress.org/index.php/entomologia/article/download/159/97). *Entomologia*. **2** (1): 1–34. [doi:10.4081/entomologia.2014.159](https://doi.org/10.4081/entomologia.2014.159)

1. ["*Colaspidea* Report"](https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=719759). *Integrated Taxonomic Information System*. Retrieved 2018-05-01.

1. ["Browse *Colaspidea*"](http://www.catalogueoflife.org/col/browse/tree/id/d89eef5167cdeba1482b275685c696e8). *Catalogue of Life*. Retrieved 2018-05-01.

1. ["*Colaspidea*"](https://www.gbif.org/species/1047575). *GBIF*. Retrieved 2018-05-01.

1. ["*Colaspidea* Genus Information"](https://bugguide.net/node/view/493913). *BugGuide*. Retrieved 2018-05-01.

1. Zoia, S. (2017). ["Synonymic note on *Colaspidea oblonga* (Blanchard, 1845) and *Colaspidea nitida* Lucas, 1846 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae, Eumolpinae)"](http://www.aegaweb.com/arquivos_entomoloxicos/ae17_2017_zoia_synonymic_note_colaspidea_oblonga_colaspidea_nitida_coleoptera_chrysomelidae.pdf). *Arquivos Entomolóxicos*. **17**: 423–424.

## Further reading

- Riley, Edward G.; Clark, Shawn M.; Seeno, Terry N. (2003). *Catalog of the leaf beetles of America north of Mexico (Coleoptera: Megalopodidae, Orsodacnidae and Chrysomelidae, excluding Bruchinae)*. Special Publication No. 1. The Coleopterists' Society. ISBN 978-0-9726087-1-8.
- Lobl, I. & Smetana, A. (eds.) (2013). *Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea*. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26091-7.

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