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List of species

Subgenus ''Colasposoma'' Laporte, 1833 * '' Colasposoma abdominale'' Baly, 1864 * '' Colasposoma acaciae'' Bryant, 1944 * '' Colasposoma aemulum'' Lefèvre, 1886 * '' Colasposoma aeneicolor'' Pic, 1939 * '' Colasposoma aeneoviolaceum'' Burgeon, 1941 ** '' Colasposoma aeneoviolaceum aeneoviolaceum'' Burgeon, 1941 ** '' Colasposoma aeneoviolaceum elisabethae'' Burgeon, 1941 * '' Colasposoma akaense'' Selman, 1972 * '' Colasposoma alutaceum'' Jacoby, 1900 * '' Colasposoma amplicolle'' Lefèvre, 1877 * '' Colasposoma angolense'' Pic, 1939 * '' Colasposoma antennale'' Jacoby, 1881 * '' Colasposoma apicale'' Jacoby, 1881 * '' Colasposoma apicipenne'' Tan, 1983 * '' Colasposoma ardens'' Harold, 1879 * '' Colasposoma aruwimiense'' Gahan, 1892 * '' Colasposoma atrocyaneum'' Zoia, 2012 * '' Colasposoma aurichalcicum'' ( J. Thomson, 1858) * '' Colasposoma auripes'' Jacoby, 1894 ** '' Colasposoma auripes auripes'' Jacoby, 1894 ** '' Colasposoma auripes kafakumbae'' Burgeon, 1941 * '' Colasposoma austerum'' Zoia, 2012 * '' Colasposoma balyi'' Jacoby, 1904 * '' Colasposoma basicostatum'' Weise, 1919 * '' Colasposoma bedeli'' Achard, 1923 * '' Colasposoma beiraense'' Jacoby, 1904 * '' Colasposoma benguelanum'' Achard, 1924 * '' Colasposoma benningseni'' Weise, 1902 * '' Colasposoma birmanicum'' Medvedev, 2007 * '' Colasposoma blandum'' Weise, 1904 * '' Colasposoma bonvouloiri'' Lefèvre, 1877 * '' Colasposoma bottegoi'' Jacoby, 1899 * '' Colasposoma brevepilosum'' Zoia, 2012 ** '' Colasposoma brevepilosum brevepilosum'' Zoia, 2012 ** '' Colasposoma brevepilosum maritimum'' Zoia, 2012 ** '' Colasposoma brevepilosum orientale'' Zoia, 2012 * '' Colasposoma camerunense'' Jacoby, 1903 * '' Colasposoma chailluensis'' Selman, 1970 * '' Colasposoma chapuisi'' ( Harold, 1874) * '' Colasposoma chloris'' Lefèvre, 1877 * '' Colasposoma coerulescens'' Motschulsky, 1860 * '' Colasposoma coffeae''

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, 1911 * '' Colasposoma collare'' Achard, 1923 * ''Colasposoma collare'' Zoia, 2020 (homonym of previous) * '' Colasposoma colmanti'' Burgeon, 1941 * '' Colasposoma compactum'' Gerstaecker, 1871 * '' Colasposoma concinnum'' Weise, 1905 * '' Colasposoma conradi'' Jacoby, 1900 * '' Colasposoma consimile'' Gahan, 1909 * '' Colasposoma costatum'' Harold, 1877 * '' Colasposoma crampeli'' Pic, 1941 * '' Colasposoma crenulatum'' Gerstaecker, 1855 ** '' Colasposoma crenulatum crenulatum'' Gerstaecker, 1855 ** '' Colasposoma crenulatum karibaense'' Zoia, 2007 * '' Colasposoma curtepilosum'' Pic, 1942 * '' Colasposoma curvipes'' Jacoby, 1901 * '' Colasposoma cyaneicorne'' Pic, 1932 * '' Colasposoma cyaneocupreum'' Fairmaire, 1887 * '' Colasposoma dahomeyanum'' Aslam, 1968 * '' Colasposoma dauricum'' ( Mannerheim, 1849) * '' Colasposoma davidi'' Lefèvre, 1887 * '' Colasposoma densatum'' Fairmaire, 1887 * '' Colasposoma dentaticolle'' Pic, 1953 * '' Colasposoma dentipes'' (

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, 1793) (?) * ''Colasposoma rufipes'' Jacoby, 1900 (homonym of previous) * '' Colasposoma rugatum'' Achard, 1923 * '' Colasposoma rugulosum'' Baly, 1867 * '' Colasposoma rutilans'' (Klug, 1833) * '' Colasposoma sansibaricum'' Harold, 1879 * '' Colasposoma scapulatum'' Fairmaire, 1903 * '' Colasposoma scutellare'' Lefèvre, 1877 * '' Colasposoma sellatum'' Baly, 1878 * '' Colasposoma semiasperum'' Fairmaire, 1902 * '' Colasposoma semicostatum'' Jacoby, 1908 * '' Colasposoma semihirsutum'' Jacoby, 1898 * '' Colasposoma semipurpureum'' Jacoby, 1901 * '' Colasposoma senegalense'' Laporte, 1833 * ''Colasposoma senegalense'' (

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, 1835) (homonym of previous) * '' Colasposoma separatum'' Lefèvre, 1877 * '' Colasposoma sheppardi'' Jacoby, 1904 * '' Colasposoma splendidum'' (

, 1792) * '' Colasposoma subaureum'' Jacoby, 1900 * '' Colasposoma subcostatum'' Gerstaecker, 1871 * '' Colasposoma sublaeve'' Fairmaire, 1903 * '' Colasposoma subnigrum'' Pic, 1939 * '' Colasposoma subopacum'' Weise, 1919 * '' Colasposoma subpurpureum'' Pic, 1942 * '' Colasposoma subsericum'' Harold, 1879 * '' Colasposoma sumptuosum'' Weise, 1906 * '' Colasposoma suturale'' Zoia, 2020 * '' Colasposoma tarsale'' Jacoby, 1881 * '' Colasposoma tenenbaumi'' Pic, 1943 * '' Colasposoma tibiale'' Baly, 1878 * '' Colasposoma timorense'' Pic, 1943 * '' Colasposoma tinantae'' Burgeon, 1941 * '' Colasposoma tokeri'' Bryant, 1957 * '' Colasposoma transvalense'' Jacoby, 1897 * '' Colasposoma transversicolle'' Jacoby, 1889 * '' Colasposoma tumidulum'' Weise, 1904 * '' Colasposoma unicostatum'' Zoia, 2012 * '' Colasposoma varendorffi'' Weise, 1914 * '' Colasposoma variabile'' Jacoby, 1881 * '' Colasposoma varicolor'' Fairmaire, 1887 * '' Colasposoma vedyi'' Burgeon, 1941 * '' Colasposoma velutinum'' Lefèvre, 1885 * '' Colasposoma versicolor'' Lefèvre, 1887 * '' Colasposoma vestitum'' J. Thomson, 1858 * '' Colasposoma vicinale'' Tan, 1983 * '' Colasposoma villosulum'' Lefèvre, 1885 * '' Colasposoma viridicoeruleum'' Motschulsky, 1860 * '' Colasposoma viridicolle'' Fairmaire, 1887 * '' Colasposoma viridifasciatum'' Motschulsky, 1860 * '' Colasposoma viridivittatum'' Baly, 1865 * '' Colasposoma williamsi'' Bryant, 1957 * '' Colasposoma wittei'' Burgeon, 1941 * '' Colasposoma yunnanum'' Fairmaire, 1888 * '' Colasposoma zavattarii'' Pic, 1938 Subgenus ''Falsonerissus'' Pic, 1951 (Synonyms: ''Iranomolpus'' Lopatin, 1979; ''Andosiomorpha'' Lopatin, 1981; ''Bezdekia'' Warchałowski, 2005) * '' Colasposoma argentatum'' (Lopatin, 1981) * '' Colasposoma badium'' (Lopatin, 1979) * '' Colasposoma coracinum'' (Lopatin, 1996) * '' Colasposoma distinguendum'' Zoia, 2012 * '' Colasposoma grande'' ( Lefèvre, 1890) ** '' Colasposoma grande grande'' ( Lefèvre, 1890) ** '' Colasposoma grande insulare'' Zoia, 2012 * '' Colasposoma socotranum'' ( Gahan, 1903) * '' Colasposoma tenebrosum'' (Warchałowski, 2005) * '' Colasposoma villosum'' Zoia, 2012 Synonyms: * ''Colasposoma aeneoviride'' Clark, 1865: synonym of '' Colaspoides cuprea'' Baly, 1867 * ''Colasposoma albopilosum'' Pic, 1943: synonym of '' Colasposoma villosulum'' Lefèvre, 1885 * ''Colasposoma andrewesi'' Jacoby, 1895: synonym of '' Colasposoma downesii asperatum'' Lefèvre, 1885 * ''Colasposoma arcuateimpressum'' Pic, 1943: synonym of '' Colasposoma robustum'' Jacoby, 1881 * ''Colasposoma asperatum'' Fairmaire, 1902 (not ''C. downesii asperatum'' Lefèvre, 1885): renamed to '' Colasposoma perrieri'' Jacoby, 1904 * ''Colasposoma aureovittatum'' Baly, 1864: synonym of '' Colasposoma downesii downesii'' Baly, 1862 * ''Colasposoma auripenne'' Motschulsky, 1860: synonym of '' Colasposoma viridicoeruleum'' Motschulsky, 1860 * ''Colasposoma bicoloratum'' Jacoby, 1908: synonym of '' Colasposoma robustum'' Jacoby, 1881 * ''Colasposoma bonnevili'' Pic, 1943: synonym of '' Colasposoma pretiosum'' Baly, 1860 * ''Colasposoma castetsi'' Pic, 1943: synonym of '' Colasposoma semicostatum'' Jacoby, 1908 * ''Colasposoma coimbatorense'' Pic, 1943: synonym of '' Colasposoma robustum'' Jacoby, 1881 * ''Colasposoma coromandeliana'' Jacoby, 1908: synonym of '' Colasposoma robustum'' Jacoby, 1881 * ''Colasposoma cumingi'' Baly, 1867: synonym of '' Colasposoma viridifasciatum'' Motschulsky, 1860 * ''Colasposoma cyaneicollis'' Pic, 1943: synonym of '' Colasposoma robustum'' Jacoby, 1881 * ''Colasposoma cyaneovittatum'' Pic, 1943: synonym of '' Colasposoma ornatum'' Jacoby, 1881 * ''Colasposoma gregarium'' Lefèvre, 1886: synonym of '' Colasposoma viridifasciatum'' Motschulsky, 1860 * ''Colasposoma madoni'' Pic, 1943 (not ''C. madoni'' Pic, 1942): renamed to '' Colasposoma mauricei'' Medvedev, 2003 * ''Colasposoma mutabile'' Baly, 1867: synonym of '' Colasposoma viridicoeruleum'' Motschulsky, 1860 * ''Colasposoma nathani'' Pic, 1943: synonym of '' Colasposoma robustum'' Jacoby, 1881 * ''Colasposoma nitidum'' Baly, 1867: synonym of '' Colasposoma distinctum'' Baly, 1867 * ''Colasposoma prosternale'' Jacoby, 1908: synonym of '' Colasposoma downesii asperatum'' Lefèvre, 1885 * ''Colasposoma ramnadense'' Pic, 1943: synonym of '' Colasposoma semicostatum'' Jacoby, 1908 * ''Colasposoma ruficorne'' Pic, 1943: synonym of '' Colasposoma lividipes'' Jacoby, 1903 * ''Colasposoma rufipenne'' Pic, 1943: synonym of '' Colasposoma pretiosum'' Baly, 1860 * ''Colasposoma rufofemorale'' Pic, 1943: synonym of '' Colasposoma lividipes'' Jacoby, 1903 * ''Colasposoma rufum'' ( Pic, 1941): moved to '' Lefevrea'' * ''Colasposoma rugiceps'' Lefèvre, 1885: synonym of '' Colasposoma distinctum'' Baly, 1867 * ''Colasposoma rugipenne'' Motschulsky, 1860: moved to ''

Colaspoides ''Colaspoides'' is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is one of the largest genera in the subfamily, containing over 260 species worldwide. It is an extant genus but there is at least one species, ''C. eocenicus'', found in ...

'' * ''Colasposoma serratulum'' Lefèvre, 1885: synonym of '' Colasposoma downesii asperatum'' Lefèvre, 1885 * ''Colasposoma sparsepunctatum'' Pic, 1943: synonym of '' Colasposoma robustum'' Jacoby, 1881 * ''Colasposoma viridicinctum'' Pic, 1943: synonym of '' Colasposoma versicolor'' Lefèvre, 1887 * ''Colasposoma viridigeniculatum'' Pic, 1943: synonym of '' Colasposoma lividipes'' Jacoby, 1903

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Genus ''Colasposoma'' Laporte, 1833
at Australian Faunal Directory {{Taxonbar, from=Q1939636 Chrysomelidae genera Taxa named by François-Louis Laporte, comte de Castelnau Beetles of Africa Beetles of Asia Beetles of Australia