Callispa nigricornis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Coleoptera
Suborder:
Polyphaga
Superfamily:
Chrysomeloidea
Family:
Chrysomelidae
Genus:
Callispa
Species:
C. nigricornis
Binomial name
Callispa nigricornis
Baly, 1858

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

Description

Body length is about 4.50 to 4.80 mm. Body ovate. Head shiny and reddish yellow. Eyes are oval and black. Antennae with red-brown first segment and dark brown other segment. Antennal length is about 1.80 to 2.00 mm. Prothorax shiny and reddish yellow with a length of 9.00 mm. Pronotal disc is convex medially, with distinct foveae covered with coarse punctures. Scutellum pentagonal and shiny. Elytra reddish yellow and shiny. Elytral length is about 3.10 to 3.25 mm. There are ten rows of punctures at each elytron base. Legs and venturm shiny and reddish yellow.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Tribe Callispini Chapuis 1875" (PDF). naturalhistory.si.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
  2. ↑ 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). pp. 23–43. doi:10.34522/kmnh.1.0_23. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
  3. ↑ "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.
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