Colaspis viridiceps

Colaspis viridiceps is a species of leaf beetle from North America.[2][3][4][5] Its range spans from Arizona to New Mexico and south to Mexico.[5] It was first described by the American entomologist Charles Frederic August Schaeffer in 1933.

Colaspis viridiceps
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Infraorder: Cucujiformia
Family: Chrysomelidae
Genus: Colaspis
Species:
C. viridiceps
Binomial name
Colaspis viridiceps

Subspecies

There are two subspecies of C. viridiceps:

  • Colaspis viridiceps australis Blake, 1976[6]
  • Colaspis viridiceps viridiceps Schaeffer, 1933

References
  1. Schaeffer, C. (1933). "Short studies in the Chrysomelidæ (Coleoptera) (Continued)". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 41 (4): 457–480. JSTOR 25004529.
  2. "Colaspis viridiceps Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-05-07.
  3. "Colaspis viridiceps species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-05-07.
  4. "Colaspis viridiceps". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-05-07.
  5. "Colaspis viridiceps Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-05-07.
  6. Blake, D. H. (1976). "The Brown Semicostate and Costate Species of Colaspis in Mexico and Central America (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)". Technical Bulletin (United States. Dept. Of Agriculture) (1534): 1–40.

Further reading
  • Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2013). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 6: Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-26091-7.


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