''Colaspidema'' is a genus of
leaf beetle
The beetle family Chrysomelidae, commonly known as leaf beetles, includes over 37,000 (and probably at least 50,000) species in more than 2,500 genera, making it one of the largest and most commonly encountered of all beetle families. Numerous s ...
s in the subfamily
Chrysomelinae
The Chrysomelinae are a subfamily of leaf beetles (Chrysomelidae), commonly known as broad-bodied leaf beetles or broad-shouldered leaf beetles. It includes some 3,000 species around the world.
The best-known member is the notorious Colorado pot ...
.
Species
The genus contains the following species, in two subgenera:
* Subgenus ''Colaphomega''
Reitter Reitter is a German language, German occupational surname, which means a "mounted soldier" or "knight", from the Middle High German ''ritære'' ("equestrianism, horseman"). Notable people with the surname include:
* Edmund Reitter (1845–1920), a ...
, 1913 (Type species: ''Chrysomela rufifrons''
Olivier, 1807)
** ''
Colaspidema dufouri''
(Perez Arcas, 1865)
** ''
Colaspidema rufifrons''
(Olivier, 1807)
** ''
Colaspidema signatipenne''
Guérin-Ménéville, 1844
* Subgenus ''Colaspidema''
Laporte, 1833 (Type species: ''Chrysomela atra''
Olivier, 1790 (= ''Chrysomela barbara''
Fabricius, 1792))
** ''
Colaspidema barbarum''
(Fabricius, 1792)
References
Chrysomelidae genera
Chrysomelinae
Taxa named by François-Louis Laporte, comte de Castelnau
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