Colaspina is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It contains only one species, Colaspina saportae, known from Spain and southern France (Provence). The species was first described from Aix-en-Provence in 1863 by Auguste Jean François Grenier, who dedicated it to the Marquess of Saporta. It has recently been suggested that Colaspina is possibly a sister genus to both Chalcosicya and Mediterranean Colaspidea combined.[3]
| Colaspina | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Eumolpinae |
| Tribe: | Bromiini |
| Genus: | Colaspina Weise, 1893[2] |
| Species: | C. saportae
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| Binomial name | |
| Colaspina saportae | |
| Synonyms | |
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Dia saportae Grenier, 1863 | |
References
edit- ^ Grenier, A. (1863). Catalogue des coléoptères de France par M. le Dr A. Grenier et matériaux pour servir a la faune des coléoptères français par MM. E. Allard, Dr Ch. Aubé, Ch. Brisout de Barneville, A. Chevrolat, L. Fairmaire, Al. Fauvel, Dr A. Grenier, Dr Kraatz, J. Linder, L. Reiche et Félicien de Saulcy. Paris: A. Grenier.
- ^ Weise, J. (1893). Naturgeschichte der Insecten Deutschland. Erste Abtheilung Coleoptera. Sechster Band. Berlin: Nicolaische Verlags-Buchhandlung R. Stricker. pp. XIV + 1161 pp. + 1 taf.
- ^ Flowers, R. Wills (2012). "Chalcosicya maya n. sp, a new Mexican species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae) and its implications for morphology and biogeography". Insecta Mundi (209): 1–9. Archived from the original on 2018-12-21. Retrieved 2018-12-21.