''Colaspidea'' is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is known from North America ( California and the

southwestern United States The Southwestern United States, also known as the American Southwest or simply the Southwest, is a geographic and cultural region of the United States that generally includes Arizona, New Mexico, and adjacent portions of California, Colorado, Ne ...

) and the Mediterranean. It has recently been suggested that the Mediterranean species of ''Colaspidea'' are a sister genus to ''

Chalcosicya ''Chalcosicya'' is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is mainly known from the West Indies, though one species is found in southern Mexico. It has recently been thought to be a sister genus to the Mediterranean ''Colaspidea'' ...

'', and that ''

Colaspina ''Colaspina'' is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It contains only one species, ''Colaspina saportae'', known from Spain and southern France (Provence). The species was first described from Aix-en-Provence in 1863 by Auguste J ...

'' forms a sister genus to the former two combined. It has also been suggested that the North American species of ''Colaspidea'' may represent a separate genus. The North American species of ''Colaspidea'' have wings, while the Mediterranean species are wingless.

Species

There are 19 described species in the genus ''Colaspidea'': Mediterranean species: * ''

Colaspidea algarvensis ''Colaspidea'' is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is known from North America ( California and the southwestern United States) and the Mediterranean. It has recently been suggested that the Mediterranean species of ''Co ...

'' Zoia, 2014 * '' Colaspidea confinis'' Zoia, 2014 * '' Colaspidea dogueti'' Zoia, 2014 * '' Colaspidea globosa'' (

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, 1848)^g * '' Colaspidea graeca'' Zoia, 2014 * '' Colaspidea grossa'' Fairmaire, 1866^g * '' Colaspidea incerta'' Zoia, 2014 * '' Colaspidea inflata'' Lefèvre, 1876 * '' Colaspidea juengeri'' Doguet, 1988 (formerly a subspecies of ''C. metallica'') * '' Colaspidea maghrebina'' Zoia, 2014 * '' Colaspidea maura'' Zoia, 2014 * '' Colaspidea metallica'' ( Rossi, 1790)^g * '' Colaspidea oblonga'' (

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, 1845)^g (synonyms: ''C. nitida'' H. Lucas, 1846; ''C. oblonga'' ( Fairmaire, 1862); ''C. oblonga albanica'' Schatzmayr, 1923) * '' Colaspidea ovulum'' Fairmaire, 1866 * '' Colaspidea pallidipes'' Zoia, 2014 * '' Colaspidea proxima'' ( Fairmaire, 1862)^g North American species: * '' Colaspidea pallipes'' Fall, 1933^{i c g} * '' Colaspidea pomonae'' Fall, 1933^{i c g} * '' Colaspidea smaragdula'' ( LeConte, 1857)^{i c g b} Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = BugGuide

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* Eumolpinae Chrysomelidae genera Articles created by Qbugbot Beetles of North America Beetles of Europe Taxa named by François-Louis Laporte, comte de Castelnau {{Eumolpinae-stub

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