Callispa

Callispa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Cassidinae
Tribe:	Callispini
Genus:	Callispa; Baly, 1858
Synonyms
	Melispa Weise 1897; Miltinaspis Weise 1904; Rhinocassis Spaeth 1905;

Callispa is a genus of tortoise beetles (insects in the subfamily Cassidinae).²

Species

Subgenus Callispa

Callispa africana Baly, 1876
Callispa ajaya Basu, 1999
Callispa almora Maulik, 1923
Callispa amabilis Gestro, 1910
Callispa andrewesi (Weise, 1897)
Callispa angonina Spaeth, 1935
Callispa angusta Gressitt, 1950
Callispa angusticollis Maulik, 1919
Callispa apicalis Pic, 1924
Callispa arcana Duvivier, 1892
Callispa assama Maulik, 1919
Callispa australis (Péringuey, 1898)
Callispa beccarii Gestro, 1910
Callispa biarcuata Chen & Yu, 1961
Callispa bicolor Gestro, 1910
Callispa bicoloripes (Pic, 1930)
Callispa bijaya (Basu, 1999)
Callispa bioculata (Uhmann, 1939)
Callispa bipartita Kung & Yu, 1961
Callispa boettcheri Uhmann, 1931
Callispa bottegi Gestro, 1898
Callispa bowringii Baly, 1858
Callispa brettinghami Baly, 1869
Callispa brevicornis Baly, 1869
Callispa brevipes Maulik, 1919
Callispa brihata Basu, 1999
Callispa cassidoides (Guérin-Méneville, 1844)
Callispa cavicollis Spaeth, 1935
Callispa coeruleodorsata Maulik, 1919
Callispa confertae Schöller, 2007
Callispa contaminata Weise, 1913
Callispa corpulenta Uhmann, 1954
Callispa cribrata Gestro, 1896
Callispa cruentomarginata Schöller, 2007
Callispa cumingii Baly, 1858
Callispa curta Weise, 1897
Callispa cyanea Chen & Yu, 1961
Callispa cyanipennis Pic, 1924
Callispa debilis Gressitt & Kimoto, 1963
Callispa dimidiatipennis Baly, 1858
Callispa donckieri Pic, 1924
Callispa doriae Gestro, 1910
Callispa drescheri Uhmann, 1935
Callispa duodecimaculata Chapuis, 1876
Callispa elegans Baly, 1876
Callispa elliptica Gressitt, 1939
Callispa errans Péringuey, 1908
Callispa expansicollis Maulik, 1919
Callispa fallax Uhmann, 1930-1932
Callispa feae Baly, 1888
Callispa filiformis L Medvedev, 1992
Callispa flaveola Uhmann, 1931
Callispa flavescens Weise, 1891
Callispa flavonotata Pic, 1924
Callispa fortunii Baly, 1858
Callispa fraudulenta Würmli, 1976
Callispa frontalis L Medvedev, 1992
Callispa fulva Gestro, 1897
Callispa fulvescens Chen & Yu, 1961
Callispa fulvipes Spaeth, 1935
Callispa fulvonigra Maulik, 1919
Callispa galinae L Medvedev, 1992
Callispa guttata Uhmann, 1933
Callispa hessei Uhmann, 1934
Callispa himalayana L Medvedev, 1993
Callispa horni Uhmann, 1927
Callispa houjayi Lee, Świętojańska, & Staines, 2012
Callispa ianthorufa Schöller, 2007
Callispa impressa Uhmann, 1942
Callispa induta Uhmann, 1930
Callispa insignis Baly, 1858
Callispa intermedia Uhmann, 1932
Callispa jaya Basu, 1999
Callispa kabakovi L Medvedev, 1992
Callispa kalshoveni Uhmann, 1955
Callispa karena Maulik, 1919
Callispa keram Shameem & Prathapan, 2013
Callispa kilimana Kolbe, 1891
Callispa korthalsiae Schöller, 2008
Callispa krishnashunda Maulik, 1919
Callispa kuntzeni Uhmann, 1932
Callispa limbata Gestro, 1906
Callispa limbifera Yu & Kang, 1961
Callispa loxia Weise, 1897
Callispa luzonica Pic, 1930
Callispa maculipennis Gestro, 1911
Callispa maindoni (Pic, 1943)
Callispa marginicollis Medvedev, 2012
Callispa marginipennis Gestro, 1899
Callispa marshalli Spaeth, 1935
Callispa mashonensis Spaeth, 1935
Callispa metroxylonis Uhmann, 1929
Callispa minima Gestro, 1902
Callispa minor Gestro, 1888
Callispa montivaga Maulik, 1919
Callispa mungphua Maulik, 1919
Callispa nagaja Maulik, 1919
Callispa natalensis Baly, 1858
Callispa neavei Spaeth, 1935
Callispa nigricollis Chen & Yu, 1961
Callispa nigricornis Baly, 1858
Callispa nigripennis Chen & Yu, 1964
Callispa nigripes Baly, 1858
Callispa nigritarsata Maulik, 1919
Callispa nigronotata (Pic, 1931)
Callispa nigrovittata Gestro, 1917
Callispa nyakaensis Uhmann, 1934
Callispa nyassica Spaeth, 1935
Callispa obliqua Chen & Yu, 1964
Callispa octopunctata Baly, 1858
Callispa ovata Gestro, 1899
Callispa paharia Basu, 1999
Callispa pallida Gestro, 1888
Callispa parva Schöller, 2008
Callispa pelengana Uhmann, 1954
Callispa penangana Uhmann, 1953
Callispa philippinica Uhmann, 1931
Callispa picitarsis Uhmann, 1930-1932
Callispa pita Maulik, 1919
Callispa popovi Chen & Yu, 1961
Callispa porcedens Uhmann, 1939
Callispa pseudapicalis Yu, 1985
Callispa puella Gestro, 1919
Callispa puellaris Pic, 1930
Callispa pusilla Gestro, 1896
Callispa quadricollis Yu & Li, 2002
Callispa recticollis L Medvedev, 1992
Callispa regularis Uhmann, 1954
Callispa rhodesiaca Spaeth, 1935
Callispa roepkei Uhmann, 1929
Callispa ruficollis Fairmaire, 1889
Callispa rufiventris Uhmann, 1928
Callispa salaccae Schöller, 2008
Callispa scipionae Schöller, 2008
Callispa scutellaris Weise, 1897
Callispa sebakue Péringuey, 1908
Callispa semirufa Kraatz, 1895
Callispa septemmaculata Weise, 1908
Callispa silacea Weise, 1902
Callispa similis Uhmann, 1931
Callispa simillima Würmli, 1976
Callispa spaethi Uhmann, 1931
Callispa specialis Yu, 1985
Callispa splendidula Gestro, 1897
Callispa steineri Schöller, 2007
Callispa submarginata L Medvedev, 1993
Callispa sundara Maulik, 1919
Callispa tarsata Baly, 1869
Callispa testacea Kraatz, 1895
Callispa testaceicornis Pic, 1925
Callispa testaceipes Pic, 1924
Callispa tibangana Uhmann, 1939
Callispa tsoui Lee, Świętojańska, & Staines, 2012
Callispa ugandina Spaeth, 1935
Callispa uhmanni Chen & Yu, 1961
Callispa umtalina Péringuey, 1908
Callispa undulata Uhmann, 1933
Callispa unicolor Weise, 1904
Callispa uniformis Uhmann, 1943
Callispa vietnamica Kimoto, 1998
Callispa vioaceicornis Pic, 1937
Callispa vittata Baly, 1858
Callispa voronovae L Medvedev, 1992
Callispa weigeli L. Medvedev, 2009
Callispa whitei Baly, 1858

Subgenus Callispella Spaeth, 1935

Callispa bayoni Gestro, 1911
Callispa gracilicornis Weise, 1910
Callispa lamottei Uhmann, 1954

Incerte Sedis

Callispa daurica Mannerheim (China: Sichuan)
Callispa pretiosum Baly (China: Sichuan)
Callispa signata (Motschulsky) (China: Sichuan)

References

Catalogue of Hispidae in tahe Collection of the British Museum. JS Baly - 1858
Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World". USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved August 26, 2025.

Lee, C.F. ; J. Świętojańska & C.L. Staines, 2012: A review of the genus Callispa Baly, 1858 in Taiwan (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae: Callispini), with descriptions of two new species and their immature stages, and notes on their bionomy. Zoological Studies 51 (6), pages 832-861
Shameem, K.M.; Prathapan, K.D. 2013: A new species of Callispa Baly (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae, Callispini) infesting coconut palm (Cocos nucifera L.) in India. ZooKeys, 269, pages 1–10, doi:10.3897/zookeys.269.4240

[1] Catalogue of Hispidae in tahe Collection of the British Museum. JS Baly - 1858

[2] Staines, C.L. (2012). "Hispines of the World". USDA/APHIS/PPQ Science and Technology and National Natural History Museum. Retrieved August 26, 2025.

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