Callispa brevipes explained

Callispa brevipes, is a species of leaf beetle found in Sri Lanka.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Description

Body length is about 3.65 to 4.16 mm. Body oblong. Head blackish. Oval-shaped eyes are yellowish. Antennae light brown and about 1.10 to 1.20mm long. Prothorax is reddish violet and 0.08 to 1.00 long. Anterior margin with a transverse row of punctures. Scutellum pentagonal. Elytra metallic bluish violet. Elytral length is about 2.10 to 2.40mm. There are eight rows of punctures at each elytron base. Very small and brownish hind wings with a total length of about 3.00 mm. Legs are reddish brown. Legs with broad tarsi, and short tibiae.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Callispa brevipes Maulik, 1919 . 2021-09-28 . www.gbif.org . en.
2. Web site: Tribe Callispini Chapuis 1875 . 2021-09-26 . naturalhistory.si.edu.
3. Web site: Kimoto . Shinsaku . 2003 . The Chrysomelidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) collected by Dr. Akio Otake, on the occasion of his entomological survey in Sri Lanka from 1973 to 1975 . 2021-09-28 . Bulletin of the Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History and Human History, Series A (Natural History) . 23–43 . 10.34522/kmnh.1.0_23.
4. Web site: Taxonomic studies on some species of the genus' Callispa'baly (Hispinae, Chrysomelidae, Coleoptera) of the Oriental region . 2021-09-26 . spiral.imperial.ac.uk.