Callispa (Callispella) Spaeth 1935b: 255

Synonomys

None.

Type Species

Callispa gracilicornis Weise.

Diagnosis

Callispa (Callispella) can be distinguished by the following combination of characters:

• Body oval or ovate, convex
• lateral margin of pronotumpronotum:
  occupies all of dorsal part of the prothorax; in anterior angles or posterior angles there may be a small tubercle or pore with a seta
  and elytra without long, stiff spines
• pronotum pronotum:
  occupies all of dorsal part of the prothorax; in anterior angles or posterior angles there may be a small tubercle or pore with a seta
  with seta in each posterior angle, anterior angle distinctly rounded
• elytra with scutellar row of punctures
• head with triangular projection between antennae, eyes large and convex
• pronotum pronotum:
  occupies all of dorsal part of the prothorax; in anterior angles or posterior angles there may be a small tubercle or pore with a seta
  with distinct lateral impressions
• suture between abdominal sterna 1 and 2 obsolete medially
• antennae as long as head and pronotumpronotum:
  occupies all of dorsal part of the prothorax; in anterior angles or posterior angles there may be a small tubercle or pore with a seta
  combined, very slender, antennomere 3 elongate

Description

Elongate oval; convex; head and antennae black, pronotumpronotum:
occupies all of dorsal part of the prothorax; in anterior angles or posterior angles there may be a small tubercle or pore with a seta
reddish or yellowish, elytra metallic blue or blue-black.

Head: large; convex; with triangular projection between antennal bases; eyeeye:
elongate, slightly prominent, multifaceted; usually slightly kidney-shaped
large, convex; surface irregularly punctate.

Antenna: ½ length of head and pronotumpronotum:
occupies all of dorsal part of the prothorax; in anterior angles or posterior angles there may be a small tubercle or pore with a seta
combined; very slender; filiform; antennomere 3 2x length of 1 and 2 or 4 and 5 combined.

Pronotum: transverse; convex; lateral margin rounded, converging from base to apex; anterior angle with small tooth; anterior margin sinuate; posterior margin bisinuate; posterior angle acute; surface irregularly punctate; transverse basal impression present.

Scutellum: cordate; small.

Elytron: lateral margin smooth; apex rounded; sutural angle without tooth; humerus rounded, not produced; surface irregularly punctate-striate, scutellar row absent; no costae.

Leg: long; robust.

Distribution

Cameroon, Congo, French Guinea, Guinea, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda.

World Fauna

Described species: 3 (Staines 2012). Key: Spaeth 1935b.

Hosts

Unknown.

References

Spaeth, F. 1935b. Die Afrikanischen Arten der Gattung Callispa. Stylops 4:255-260.

Staines, C. L. 2012. Tribe Callispini. Catalog of the hispines of the world (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae). http://entomology.si.edu/Collections_Coleoptera.html