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Callispini

Callispini is a tribe of mostly African and Asian leaf beetles within the subfamily Cassidinae; it was erected by Félicien Chapuis in 1875.

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Callispini
Callispa elegans
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Cassidinae
Tribe: Callispini
Chapuis, 1875
Genera

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Callispini is a tribe of mostly African and Asian leaf beetles within the subfamily Cassidinae;1 it was erected by Félicien Chapuis in 1875.2

Genera

  • Amblispa Baly, 1858 - Indian subcontinent and Sri Lanka
  • Callispa Baly, 1858 - Africa and Asia
  • Hispodonta Baly, 1858 - SE Asia
  • Pseudocallispa Uhmann, 1931 - monotypic, Philippines
  • Echinocallispa Zhang et al., 1994
    • Echinocallispa flavida Zhang et al., 1994, a Miocene fossil described from Shandong, China.3
References

References

  1. Staines, C. L. (2015). "Tribe Callispini Chapuis 1875" (PDF). Catalog of the Hispines of the World (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). Retrieved 31 August 2025.
  2. Chapuis F (1875) Tome onzième. Famille des phytophages. In: Lacordaire JT & Chapuis F (eds) Histoire naturelle des insectes. Genera des coléoptères, ou exposé méthodique et critique de tous les genres proposés jusqu'ici dans cet ordre d'insectes. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. 420 pp.
  3. 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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