Colaspis

Colaspis is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is one of the largest genera in the subfamily, containing over 200 species, and it is known from both North and South America. A number of species from this genus are considered to be pests, such as the grape colaspis. Some species are known from the fossil record from the Eocene of Colorado in the United States.

Taxonomy

In some publications for the Neotropical realm, Colaspis is also known as Maecolaspis. This alternative name was created by the Czech entomologist Jan Bechyné in 1950, due to an error relating to the type species of Colaspis: Bechyné incorrectly considered Colaspis testacea to be the type species of Colaspis, rather than Chrysomela flavicornis. As a result, Metaxyonycha, which shared the same type species, was synonymised with Colaspis. The species of Colaspis listed in the Coleopterorum Catalogus were then placed under Bechyné's new name, "Maecolaspis", with Chrysomela flavicornis as the type species. These errors were corrected by W. J. Brown in 1961, who synonymized Maecolaspis with Colaspis. Despite this, Bechyné continued to use Maecolaspis as valid, while Doris Holmes Blake published several papers on Colaspis without mentioning Bechyné's Maecolaspis. This effectively created two systems for the taxonomy of the Neotropical leaf beetles, which has frequently confused those studying the Neotropical Eumolpinae.
Many species originally placed in Colaspis were split by Bechyné into several smaller genera, such as Allocolaspis, Callicolaspis, Percolaspis, Nodocolaspis and Zenocolaspis. The genus requires further subdivision.

Species

These extant species belong to the genus Colaspis :Colaspis abdominalis Lefèvre, 1877Colaspis aberrans Colaspis achardi Bechyné, 1949

* Colaspis achardi achardi Bechyné, 1949
* Colaspis achardi pseudoachardi Colaspis adducta Clavareau, 1914Colaspis adusta Lefèvre, 1885Colaspis aenea Fabricius, 1801Colaspis aeneicollis Bowditch, 1921Colaspis aeneola Weise, 1921^g
* Colaspis aeneola aeneola Weise, 1921
* Colaspis aeneola barticensis Colaspis aerea Lefèvre, 1884^g
* Colaspis aerea aerea Lefèvre, 1884
* Colaspis aerea odetta Colaspis aeruginosa
* Colaspis aeruginosa aeruginosa
* Colaspis aeruginosa tenuesculpta Colaspis affinis Weise, 1921Colaspis alcyonea Christian [Wilhelm Ludwig Eduard Suffrian|Suffrian], 1866Colaspis amabilis Jacoby, 1900Colaspis amazonae Jacoby, 1900Colaspis amplicollis Blake, 1971Colaspis anceps Lefèvre, 1878Colaspis ansa Riley, 2020Colaspis apurensis Colaspis araguensis Colaspis arizonensis Schaeffer, 1933^{i c g b}Colaspis assimilis Klug, 1829Colaspis balyi Jacoby, 1881Colaspis barberi Blake, 1967Colaspis basipennis Bowditch, 1921Colaspis batesi Jacoby, 1900Colaspis bicolor Germar, 1824Colaspis bidenticollis Bowditch, 1921Colaspis blakeae Ostmark, 1975Colaspis bohumilae Colaspis braxatibiae Blake, 1978Colaspis bridarollii Bechyné, 1949Colaspis brownsvillensis Blake, 1976^{i c g b} Colaspis brunnea ^{i c g b} Colaspis brunneipennis Bowditch, 1921Colaspis buckleyi
* Colaspis buckleyi buckleyi
* Colaspis buckleyi incomparabilis Colaspis calcarifera Colaspis caligula Agrain, Cabrera, Holgado & Vicchi, 2016Colaspis callichloris Lefèvre, 1878Colaspis carolinensis Blake, 1974^{i c g}Colaspis castanea Boheman, 1858Colaspis championi Jacoby, 1881^{i c g}Colaspis chapalensis Blake, 1976Colaspis chapuisi Jacoby, 1884Colaspis chlorana Lefèvre, 1891Colaspis chlorites Erichson, 1847Colaspis chloropsis Blake, 1976Colaspis coelestina Erichson, 1847Colaspis concolor Bowditch, 1921^gColaspis confusa Bowditch, 1921Colaspis corrugata Lefèvre, 1885Colaspis corumbensis Blake, 1978Colaspis costipennis Crotch, 1873^{i c g b}Colaspis cribellata Lefèvre, 1888Colaspis cribricollis Lefèvre, 1884
* Colaspis cribricollis cribricollis Lefèvre, 1884
* Colaspis cribricollis machacalisa Colaspis crinicornis Schaeffer, 1933^{i c g b}Colaspis cruriflava Blake, 1977^{i c g b}Colaspis cubensis Blake, 1967Colaspis darlingtoni Blake, 1967Colaspis dejeani Lefèvre, 1884^gColaspis deleta Suffrian, 1867Colaspis delphina Colaspis demersa Colaspis dentifera Colaspis dentipyga Colaspis diduma Blake, 1976Colaspis dilatipes Bowditch, 1921Colaspis dionysea Bechyné, 1949Colaspis discolor Weise, 1921Colaspis dispar Bowditch, 1921Colaspis diversa Lefèvre, 1878Colaspis dugesi Lefèvre, 1885Colaspis ekraspedona Blake, 1978Colaspis exarata Lefèvre, 1884Colaspis farri Blake, 1967Colaspis favosa Say, 1824^{i c g b}Colaspis femoralis Olivier, 1808Colaspis fervida Colaspis flavantenna Blake, 1978Colaspis flavicornis
* Colaspis flavicornis flavicornis
* Colaspis flavicornis pedator
* Colaspis flavicornis urbana Colaspis flavipes Olivier, 1808Colaspis flavocostata Schaeffer, 1933^{i c g b}Colaspis floridana Schaeffer, 1933^{i c g}Colaspis foersteri Colaspis foveicollis Jacoby, 1880Colaspis freyi Bechyné, 1950
* Colaspis freyi adscripta
* Colaspis freyi freyi Bechyné, 1950Colaspis fulvilabris Jacoby, 1880Colaspis fulvotestacea Lefèvre, 1878Colaspis fuscipes Bowditch, 1921Colaspis gemellata Lefèvre, 1885Colaspis geminata Boheman, 1858Colaspis gemmingeri Harold, 1874
* Colaspis gemmingeri chaparensis
* Colaspis gemmingeri gemmingeri Harold, 1874Colaspis gemmula Erichson, 1847Colaspis geniculata Lefèvre, 1891Colaspis goyazensis Bowditch, 1921Colaspis guatemalensis Blake, 1976Colaspis gwendolina Colaspis hesperia Blake, 1974^{i c g b}Colaspis heteroclita Jacoby, 1900Colaspis hirticornis Colaspis hypochlora Lefèvre, 1878
* Colaspis hypochlora anteposita
* Colaspis hypochlora hypochlora Lefèvre, 1878Colaspis impressipennis Bowditch, 1921Colaspis inconspicua Jacoby, 1890Colaspis interstitialis Lefèvre, 1877Colaspis intricata Lefèvre, 1888Colaspis jalapae Colaspis jansoni Jacoby, 1881Colaspis janssensi Colaspis jocosa Bowditch, 1921Colaspis joliveti Colaspis juxaoculus Blake, 1978Colaspis kaszabi Colaspis keyensis Blake, 1974^{i c g}Colaspis kirra Blake, 1976Colaspis klagii Bowditch, 1921Colaspis labilis Colaspis lampomela Blake, 1978Colaspis laplatensis Bechyné, 1949Colaspis laeta Germar, 1821Colaspis lata Schaeffer, 1933^{i c g}Colaspis lauei Colaspis lebasi Lefèvre, 1878
* Colaspis lebasi falconensis
* Colaspis lebasi gwendolina
* Colaspis lebasi lebasi Lefèvre, 1878
* Colaspis lebasi praecipitata
* Colaspis lebasi ruderalis Colaspis lebasiformis Colaspis lebasoides Bowditch, 1921Colaspis legionalis ^g
* Colaspis legionalis bubonica
* Colaspis legionalis dispersa
* Colaspis legionalis legionalis Colaspis leopoldina Colaspis leucopus Harold, 1875Colaspis levicostata Blake, 1976Colaspis libatrix Colaspis longipennis Blake, 1976Colaspis lophodes Blake, 1974Colaspis louisianae Blake, 1974^{i c g b}Colaspis luciae Blake, 1967Colaspis luridula Lefèvre, 1878Colaspis luteicornis Colaspis lutescens Lefèvre, 1886Colaspis macroptera Blake, 1976Colaspis maida Colaspis manausa Blake, 1978Colaspis melaina Blake, 1974^{i c g}Colaspis melancholica Jacoby, 1881Colaspis meriamae Colaspis metallica Lefèvre, 1891^gColaspis mexicana Jacoby, 1881Colaspis micans Weise, 1921Colaspis minuta Lefèvre, 1891Colaspis missionea Bechyné, 1949Colaspis mixticolor Colaspis moesta Horn, 1895Colaspis monomorpha Colaspis monrosi Colaspis montana Jacoby, 1891Colaspis musae Bechyné, 1950^gColaspis nigricornis Fabricius, 1801Colaspis nigripennis Jacoby, 1880Colaspis nigrocyanea Crotch, 1873^{i c g b}Colaspis notaticornis Lefèvre, 1877Colaspis obliqua Bowditch, 1921Colaspis obscura Fabricius, 1801Colaspis occidentalis ^gColaspis orientalis Blake, 1967Colaspis otileensis Bowditch, 1921Colaspis pallipes Lefèvre, 1877Colaspis pantaria
* Colaspis pantaria emarginator
* Colaspis pantaria guayanensis
* Colaspis pantaria pantaria
* Colaspis pantaria vaticina Colaspis panzoensis Colaspis paracostata Blake, 1978Colaspis perfidia Colaspis perichrysea Colaspis perturbata Weise, 1921^g
* Colaspis perturbata antanossa
* Colaspis perturbata coloresignata
* Colaspis perturbata ostrina
* Colaspis perturbata perturbata Weise, 1921
* Colaspis perturbata phylis Colaspis pini Barber, 1937^{i c g b} Colaspis planicostata Blake, 1974^{i c g b}Colaspis pleuralis Weise, 1921Colaspis plicatula Jacoby, 1882Colaspis pohli
* Colaspis pohli major
* Colaspis pohli pohli Colaspis propinqua Lefèvre, 1885Colaspis prospectans Colaspis proteus Bechyné, 1949Colaspis pseudofavosa E. Riley, 1978^{i c g b}Colaspis pseudogeminata Colaspis pseudopruinosa Bechyné, 1949Colaspis pubiceps Colaspis punctigera Weise, 1921Colaspis punctipennis Bowditch, 1921Colaspis purpurala Blake, 1978Colaspis purpurea Blake, 1971Colaspis quattuordecimcostata Lefèvre, 1877Colaspis recurva Blake, 1974^{i c g b}Colaspis reflexomicans Colaspis romani Weise, 1921Colaspis rufipes Jacoby, 1900Colaspis rugifera Weise, 1921Colaspis rugulosa Lefèvre, 1891Colaspis rustica Boheman, 1859
* Colaspis rustica distortella
* Colaspis rustica rustica Boheman, 1859
* Colaspis rustica santoamarensis
* Colaspis rustica thoracophora Colaspis sanguinea Blake, 1977^{i c g}Colaspis sanjoseana Colaspis scintillifera Bechyné, 1949
* Colaspis scintillifera ascintillans
* Colaspis scintillifera scintillifera Bechyné, 1949Colaspis shuteae Blake, 1976Colaspis similaris Blake, 1976Colaspis similis Blake, 1977^{i c g}Colaspis simplex Weise, 1921Colaspis simplicipes Bechyné, 1950Colaspis skelleyi Riley, 2020Colaspis smaragdula Olivier, 1808Colaspis soror Weise, 1921Colaspis speciosa Lefèvre, 1885Colaspis spinigera Blake, 1976Colaspis stenorachis Blake, 1976Colaspis strigata Lefèvre, 1878Colaspis subacuta Colaspis submersa Bechyné, 1949Colaspis suffriani Weise, 1914Colaspis suggona Blake, 1977^{i c g b}Colaspis suilla Fabricius, 1801^{i c g b}Colaspis sulphuripes Lefèvre, 1877
* Colaspis sulphuripes matura
* Colaspis sulphuripes sulphuripes Lefèvre, 1877Colaspis surrubrensis Colaspis tabacilla
* Colaspis tabacilla berriensis
* Colaspis tabacilla puertocabellensis
* Colaspis tabacilla sedula
* Colaspis tabacilla tabacilla Colaspis taylori Bechyné, 1949Colaspis thomasi Riley, 2020Colaspis tibialis Lefèvre, 1885Colaspis townsendi Bowditch, 1921Colaspis trichopyga
* Colaspis trichopyga gravida
* Colaspis trichopyga trichopyga Colaspis tucumanensis Bowditch, 1921Colaspis unicolor Olivier, 1808Colaspis utinga Colaspis variabilis Blake, 1976Colaspis vieta Colaspis violetta Bechyné, 1949Colaspis viridiceps Schaeffer, 1933^{i c g b}Colaspis viridicollis Bowditch, 1921Colaspis viridipunctata Jacoby, 1900Colaspis viridissima Lefèvre, 1877Colaspis viriditincta Schaeffer, 1919^{i c g b}Colaspis virulenta Colaspis willincki Colaspis yucatana Jacoby, 1890Colaspis yungarum Colaspis zanthophaia Blake, 1976Colaspis zilchi Colaspis zischkai

These four extinct species belong to the genus Colaspis:

†Colaspis aetatis Wickham, 1911
†Colaspis diluvialis Wickham, 1914
†Colaspis luti Scudder, 1900
†Colaspis proserpina Wickham, 1914

Synonyms:Colaspis aemula Weise, 1921: synonym of Colaspis flavipes Olivier, 1808Colaspis cartwrighti Blake, 1977: synonym of Tymnes tricolor Colaspis coneja Kolbe, 1901: synonym of Nodocolaspis columbica Colaspis costipennis Lefèvre, 1877: renamed to Colaspis lophodes Blake, 1974Colaspis elegans Jacoby, 1900: synonym of Nodocolaspis costipennis Colaspis flavipes : synonym of Colaspis occidentalis Colaspis pectoralis Lefèvre, 1885: synonym of Coytiera (Campylochira) zikani Bechyné, 1950Colaspis prasina Lefèvre, 1878: synonym of Colaspis flavicornis
Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net