Colaspis viridiceps

Colaspis viridiceps
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Colaspis
Species:	C. viridiceps
Binomial name
Colaspis viridiceps Schaeffer, 1933 [1]

Colaspis viridiceps is a species of leaf beetle from North America. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5]} Its range spans from Arizona to New Mexico and south to Mexico. ^[5] It was first described by the American entomologist Charles Frederic August Schaeffer in 1933.

Subspecies

There are two subspecies of C. viridiceps:

• Colaspis viridiceps australis Blake, 1976 ^[6]
• Colaspis viridiceps viridicepsSchaeffer, 1933

References

1. Schaeffer, C. (1933). "Short studies in the Chrysomelidæ (Coleoptera) (Continued)". Journal of the New York Entomological Society . 41 (4): 457–480. JSTOR   25004529.
2. "Colaspis viridiceps Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-07.
3. "Colaspis viridiceps species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-07.
4. "Colaspis viridiceps". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-07.
5. "Colaspis viridiceps Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-07.
6. Blake, D. H. (1976). "The Brown Semicostate and Costate Species of Colaspis in Mexico and Central America (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Technical Bulletin (United States. Dept. Of Agriculture) (1534): 1–40.

Further reading

• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books. ISBN   978-90-04-26091-7.