''Colaspidea'' is a genus of
leaf beetle
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s in the subfamily
Eumolpinae
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. It is known from North America (
California
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and the
southwestern United States
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) and the
Mediterranean
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. It has recently been suggested that the Mediterranean species of ''Colaspidea'' are a sister genus to ''
Chalcosicya'', and that ''
Colaspina'' 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
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.
Species
There are 19 described species in the genus ''Colaspidea'':
[
Mediterranean species:]Küster Küster may refer to:
* Ernst Georg Ferdinand Küster (1839–1930), German surgeon
* Ernst Küster (1874–1953), German botanist
* Heinrich Carl Küster (1807–1876), malacologist and entomologist from Germany
* Ludolph Küster (1670–1716), ed ...
, 1848) g
* '' Colaspidea graeca'' Zoia, 2014Lefèvre Lefebvre (; commonly in English-speaking countries, as well as or ) is a common northern French surname. Alternative forms include ''Lefebvre'', ''le Febvre'', ''Le Febvre'', ''Lefèbvre'', ''le Fèbvre'', ''Le Fèbvre'', as well as the common var ...
, 1876
* '' Colaspidea juengeri'' Doguet, 1988 (formerly a subspecies of ''C. metallica'')
* '' Colaspidea maghrebina'' Zoia, 2014Colaspidea pallidipes
''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 Basin, Mediterranean. It has recently been suggested that the Mediterranea ...
'' Zoia, 2014Fall
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* '' Colaspidea pomonae'' Fall
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, 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
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Beetles of North America
Beetles of Europe
Taxa named by François-Louis Laporte, comte de Castelnau
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