Callispa fulvonigra explained

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

Description

Body length is about 4.80 mm. Body oblong and brownish. Head dark brown. Oval-shaped eyes are black. Antennae blackish and about 1.75 mm long. Prothorax is brown and shiny and 1.10 mm long. Antennal disc is smooth with coarser punctures. Scutellum quadrate. Elytral length is about 3.50 mm. There are nine rows of punctures at each elytron base. Very small and pale brownish hind wings with a total length of about 4.00 mm. Legs are black where both fore-coxae and mid-coxae are punctured.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Callispa fulvonigra 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.