Callispa minima

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Callispa minima
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Callispa
Species:
C. minima
Binomial name
Callispa minima
Gestro, 1902

Callispa minima, is a species of leaf beetle found in Sri Lanka. [1] [2] [3]

Description

Body length is about 3.60 mm. Body oblong. Head bluish black with minutely punctured vertex. Eyes are ovate. Antennae brownish, thin and short and about 1.40 mm long. In the prothorax, convex portion is shiny and bluish black, whereas lateral parts are pale brownish. Remaining part of prothorax shiny and greenish black. Prothorax length is 0.80 mm. Scutellum pentagonal. Elytra has some faint brownish spots closer to the humeral callus. Elytral length is about 2.80 mm. Legs, and ventrum are brownish. Abdomen pale brown. [4] [5]

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References

  1. "Callispa minima Gestro, 1902". 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.
  5. Shameem, K. M.; Prathapan, Kaniyarikkal (2013-02-14). "A new species of Callispa Baly (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae, Callispini) infesting coconut palm (Cocos nucifera L.) in India". ZooKeys (269): 1–10. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.269.4240 . PMC   3592265 . PMID   23653522 . Retrieved 2021-09-28.