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Colaspoides

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. It is an extant genus but there is at least one species, C. eocenicus, found in Baltic amber from the Upper Eocene of Russia, 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.

Species

The genus contains the following species:

Neotropical species:

Palaearctic, Indomalaysian and Australasian species:

Renamed species:

  • Colaspoides malayana <small>Medvedev, 1998</small> (preoccupied by C. malayana <small>Jacoby, 1894</small>): renamed to Colaspoides malayensis <small>Medvedev, 2004</small>
  • Colaspoides pallidula <small>Lea, 1915</small> (preoccupied by C. pallidula <small>Jacoby, 1889</small>): renamed to Colaspoides leai <small>Medvedev, 2000</small>
  • Colaspoides piceus <small>Kimoto & Gressitt, 1982</small> (preoccupied by C. picea <small>Baly, 1867</small>): renamed to Colaspoides piceana <small>Medvedev, 2004</small>
  • Colaspoides purpurata <small>Medvedev & Takizawa, 2011</small> (preoccupied by C. purpurata <small>Medvedev, 2006</small>) renamed to Colaspoides purpurascens <small>Medvedev, 2015</small>
  • Colaspoides tarsalis <small>Chen, 1935</small> (preoccupied by C. tarsalis <small>Lea, 1915</small>): renamed to Colaspoides paddis <small>Aslam, 1968</small>
  • Colaspoides tibialis <small>Lefèvre, 1875</small> (preoccupied by C. tibialis <small>(Germar, 1824)</small>): renamed to Colaspoides tibiella <small>Bechyné, 1953</small>

Synonyms:

Species moved to Beltia:

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