Callipta Explained

Callipta is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It contains four species, which are distributed in the Caucasus, Central to East Asia and North Africa.^{[1] [2]} The genus was originally named Calliope by Julius Weise in 1882; however, as Édouard Lefèvre pointed out, the name "Calliope" had been used a number of times for genera described previously (for instance, the passerine bird genus Calliope Gould, 1836), so it was renamed to Callipta by Lefèvre in 1885.

Species

• Callipta borealis Lopatin, 1976 – Uzbekistan, China (Xinjiang)
• Callipta fausti (Weise, 1882)
  • Callipta fausti badghyza Lopatin, 1997^[3] – Turkmenistan (South Turkmenistan: Badkhyz)
  • Callipta fausti balchana Lopatin, 1997^[3] – Turkmenistan (West Turkmenistan)
  • Callipta fausti fausti (Weise, 1882) – Azerbaijan, southern European Russia
  • Callipta fausti murgabica Lopatin, 1997^[3] – Turkmenistan (South Turkmenistan: Murgab River)
  • Callipta fausti palvanica Lopatin, 1997^[3] – Turkmenistan (North Turkmenistan: Kaplankyr)
  • Callipta fausti turcomana Medvedev, 1957 – Turkmenistan (Kopet-Dag mountain ridge)
• Callipta iranica Lopatin, 1997^[3] – Iran
• Callipta oberthuri (Fairmaire, 1876) – Algeria, Tunesia

Notes and References

1. Book: Moseyko. A. G.. Sprecher-Uebersax. E.. 2010. Eumolpinae. https://books.google.com/books?id=qt8zDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA620. Löbl. I.. Smetana. A.. Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Stenstrup, Denmark. Apollo Books. 619–643. 978-87-88757-84-2.
2. Web site: Callipta. African Eumolpinae site. 22 July 2018.
3. Lopatin. I. K.. 1997. On the Genus Callipta (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). Entomological Review. 77. 1. 122–126.