Callispa

Callispa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Cassidinae
Tribe:	Callispini
Genus:	Callispa Baly, 1858 [1]
Synonyms
Melispa Weise 1897 Miltinaspis Weise 1904 Rhinocassis Spaeth 1905

Callispa is a genus of tortoise beetles (insects in the subfamily Cassidinae). ^[2]

Species

Subgenus Callispa

• Callispa africana Baly, 1876
• Callispa ajaya Basu, 1999
• Callispa almora Maulik, 1923
• Callispa amabilis Gestro, 1910
• Callispa andrewesi (Weise, 1897)
• Callispa angonina Spaeth, 1935
• Callispa angusta Gressitt, 1950
• Callispa angusticollis Maulik, 1919
• Callispa apicalis Pic, 1924
• Callispa arcana Duvivier, 1892
• Callispa assama Maulik, 1919
• Callispa australis (Péringuey, 1898)
• Callispa beccarii Gestro, 1910
• Callispa biarcuata Chen & Yu, 1961
• Callispa bicolor Gestro, 1910
• Callispa bicoloripes (Pic, 1930)
• Callispa bijaya (Basu, 1999)
• Callispa bioculata (Uhmann, 1939)
• Callispa bipartita Kung & Yu, 1961
• Callispa boettcheri Uhmann, 1931
• Callispa bottegi Gestro, 1898
• Callispa bowringii Baly, 1858
• Callispa brettinghami Baly, 1869
• Callispa brevicornis Baly, 1869
• Callispa brevipes Maulik, 1919
• Callispa brihata Basu, 1999
• Callispa cassidoides (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)
• Callispa cavicollis Spaeth, 1935
• Callispa coeruleodorsata Maulik, 1919
• Callispa confertae Schöller, 2007
• Callispa contaminata Weise, 1913
• Callispa corpulenta Uhmann, 1954
• Callispa cribrata Gestro, 1896
• Callispa cruentomarginata Schöller, 2007
• Callispa cumingii Baly, 1858
• Callispa curta Weise, 1897
• Callispa cyanea Chen & Yu, 1961
• Callispa cyanipennis Pic, 1924
• Callispa debilis Gressitt & Kimoto, 1963
• Callispa dimidiatipennis Baly, 1858
• Callispa donckieri Pic, 1924
• Callispa doriae Gestro, 1910
• Callispa drescheri Uhmann, 1935
• Callispa duodecimaculata Chapuis, 1876
• Callispa elegans Baly, 1876
• Callispa elliptica Gressitt, 1939
• Callispa errans Péringuey, 1908
• Callispa expansicollis Maulik, 1919
• Callispa fallax Uhmann, 1930-1932
• Callispa feae Baly, 1888
• Callispa filiformis L Medvedev, 1992
• Callispa flaveola Uhmann, 1931
• Callispa flavescens Weise, 1891
• Callispa flavonotata Pic, 1924
• Callispa fortunii Baly, 1858
• Callispa fraudulenta Würmli, 1976
• Callispa frontalis L Medvedev, 1992
• Callispa fulva Gestro, 1897
• Callispa fulvescens Chen & Yu, 1961
• Callispa fulvipes Spaeth, 1935
• Callispa fulvonigra Maulik, 1919
• Callispa galinae L Medvedev, 1992
• Callispa guttata Uhmann, 1933
• Callispa hessei Uhmann, 1934
• Callispa himalayana L Medvedev, 1993
• Callispa horni Uhmann, 1927
• Callispa houjayi Lee, Świętojańska, & Staines, 2012
• Callispa ianthorufa Schöller, 2007
• Callispa impressa Uhmann, 1942
• Callispa induta Uhmann, 1930
• Callispa insignis Baly, 1858
• Callispa intermedia Uhmann, 1932
• Callispa jaya Basu, 1999
• Callispa kabakovi L Medvedev, 1992
• Callispa kalshoveni Uhmann, 1955
• Callispa karena Maulik, 1919
• Callispa keram Shameem & Prathapan, 2013
• Callispa kilimana Kolbe, 1891
• Callispa korthalsiae Schöller, 2008
• Callispa krishnashunda Maulik, 1919
• Callispa kuntzeni Uhmann, 1932
• Callispa limbata Gestro, 1906
• Callispa limbifera Yu & Kang, 1961
• Callispa loxia Weise, 1897
• Callispa luzonica Pic, 1930
• Callispa maculipennis Gestro, 1911
• Callispa maindoni (Pic, 1943)
• Callispa marginipennis Gestro, 1899
• Callispa marshalli Spaeth, 1935
• Callispa mashonensis Spaeth, 1935
• Callispa metroxylonis Uhmann, 1929
• Callispa minima Gestro, 1902
• Callispa minor Gestro, 1888
• Callispa montivaga Maulik, 1919
• Callispa mungphua Maulik, 1919
• Callispa nagaja Maulik, 1919
• Callispa natalensis Baly, 1858
• Callispa neavei Spaeth, 1935
• Callispa nigricollis Chen & Yu, 1961
• Callispa nigricornis Baly, 1858
• Callispa nigripennis Chen & Yu, 1964
• Callispa nigripes Baly, 1858
• Callispa nigritarsata Maulik, 1919
• Callispa nigronotata (Pic, 1931)
• Callispa nigrovittata Gestro, 1917
• Callispa nyakaensis Uhmann, 1934
• Callispa nyassica Spaeth, 1935
• Callispa obliqua Chen & Yu, 1964
• Callispa ovata Gestro, 1899
• Callispa paharia Basu, 1999
• Callispa pallida Gestro, 1888
• Callispa parva Schöller, 2008
• Callispa pelengana Uhmann, 1954
• Callispa penangana Uhmann, 1953
• Callispa philippinica Uhmann, 1931
• Callispa picitarsis Uhmann, 1930-1932
• Callispa pita Maulik, 1919
• Callispa popovi Chen & Yu, 1961
• Callispa porcedens Uhmann, 1939
• Callispa pseudapicalis Yu, 1985
• Callispa puella Gestro, 1919
• Callispa puellaris Pic, 1930
• Callispa pusilla Gestro, 1896
• Callispa quadricollis Yu & Li, 2002
• Callispa recticollis L Medvedev, 1992
• Callispa regularis Uhmann, 1954
• Callispa rhodesiaca Spaeth, 1935
• Callispa roepkei Uhmann, 1929
• Callispa ruficollis Fairmaire, 1889
• Callispa rufiventris Uhmann, 1928
• Callispa salaccae Schöller, 2008
• Callispa scipionae Schöller, 2008
• Callispa scutellaris Weise, 1897
• Callispa sebakue Péringuey, 1908
• Callispa semirufa Kraatz, 1895
• Callispa septemmaculata Weise, 1908
• Callispa silacea Weise, 1902
• Callispa similis Uhmann, 1931
• Callispa simillima Würmli, 1976
• Callispa spaethi Uhmann, 1931
• Callispa specialis Yu, 1985
• Callispa splendidula Gestro, 1897
• Callispa steineri Schöller, 2007
• Callispa submarginata L Medvedev, 1993
• Callispa sundara Maulik, 1919
• Callispa tarsata Baly, 1869
• Callispa testacea Kraatz, 1895
• Callispa testaceicornis Pic, 1925
• Callispa testaceipes Pic, 1924
• Callispa tibangana Uhmann, 1939
• Callispa tsoui Lee, Świętojańska, & Staines, 2012
• Callispa ugandina Spaeth, 1935
• Callispa uhmanni Chen & Yu, 1961
• Callispa umtalina Péringuey, 1908
• Callispa undulata Uhmann, 1933
• Callispa unicolor Weise, 1904
• Callispa uniformis Uhmann, 1943
• Callispa vietnamica Kimoto, 1998
• Callispa vioaceicornis Pic, 1937
• Callispa vittata Baly, 1858
• Callispa voronovae L Medvedev, 1992
• Callispa weigeli L. Medvedev, 2009
• Callispa whitei Baly, 1858

Subgenus CallispellaSpaeth, 1935

• Callispa bayoni Gestro, 1911
• Callispa gracilicornis Weise, 1910
• Callispa lamottei Uhmann, 1954

Incerte Sedis

• Callispa dauricaMannerheim (China: Sichuan)
• Callispa pretiosumBaly (China: Sichuan)
• Callispa signata(Motschulsky) (China: Sichuan)

Selected former species

• Callispa octopunctata Baly, 1858

References

1. Catalogue of Hispidae in tahe Collection of the British Museum. JS Baly - 1858
2. Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World". USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved August 26, 2025.

• Lee, C.F. ; J. Świętojańska & C.L. Staines, 2012: A review of the genus Callispa Baly, 1858 in Taiwan (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Callispini), with descriptions of two new species and their immature stages, and notes on their bionomy. Zoological Studies 51 (6), pages 832-861
• Shameem, K.M.; Prathapan, K.D. 2013: A new species of Callispa Baly (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae, Callispini) infesting coconut palm (Cocos nucifera L.) in India. ZooKeys, 269, pages 1–10, doi : 10.3897/zookeys.269.4240