Callispa minima explained

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

Description

Body length is about 3.60 mm. Body oblong. Head bluish black with minutely punctured vertex. Eyes are ovate. Antennae brownish, thin and short and about 1.40 mm long. In the prothorax, convex portion is shiny and bluish black, whereas lateral parts are pale brownish. Remaining part of prothorax shiny and greenish black. Prothorax length is 0.80 mm. Scutellum pentagonal. Elytra has some faint brownish spots closer to the humeral callus. Elytral length is about 2.80 mm. Legs, and ventrum are brownish. Abdomen pale brown.^{[4] [5]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Callispa minima Gestro, 1902 . 2021-09-28 . www.gbif.org . en.
2. Web site: Tribe Callispini Chapuis 1875 . 2021-09-26 . naturalhistory.si.edu.
3. 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) . 1 . 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.
5. Shameem . K. M. . Prathapan . Kaniyarikkal . 2013-02-14 . A new species of Callispa Baly (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Cassidinae, Callispini) infesting coconut palm (Cocos nucifera L.) in India . 2021-09-28 . ZooKeys . 269 . 1–10 . 10.3897/zookeys.269.4240 . 3592265 . 23653522. free .