Callispa krishnashunda

Callispa krishnashunda
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Callispa
Species:	C. krishnashunda
Binomial name
Callispa krishnashunda Maulik, 1919

Callispa krishnashunda, is a species of leaf beetle found in Sri Lanka. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Description

Body length is about 5.75 mm. Body broad, oblong and yellowish brown in color. Eyes medium-sized. Antennae dark brown and about 2.25 mm long. Prothorax is about 1.10 mm long and medially truncate anterior margin with a transverse row of punctures. Scutellum sub-pentagonal. Elytral length is about 4.50 mm. There are ten rows of punctures at each elytron base. Small and brownish hind wings with a total length of about 6.00 mm. Legs with both fore-coxae and mid-coxae are punctured. ^[4]

References

1. "Callispa krishnashunda Maulik, 1919". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
2. "Tribe Callispini Chapuis 1875" (PDF). naturalhistory.si.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
3. 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.
4. "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.