Calliaspis
Creators: name: Borowiec, L.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2003
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Chrysomelidae
Calliaspis

description: Key to species of Calliaspis
1 Elytra partly or completely red or yellowish­red, sometimes with indistinct metal­ lic tint ..................................................................................................................... 2
­ Elytra completely or mostly brown, black or metallic, sometimes with pale spot 11
2(1) Elytral margins distinctly punctate ........................................................................ 3
­ Elytral margins impunctate .................................................................................... 4
3(2) Elytra uniformly red; Guyana ...................................................... substriata Spaeth
­ Elytral disc partly with indistinct metallic blue tint; Peru ...... cyaneomicans Spaeth
4(2) Pronotum partly black ............................................................................................ 5
­ Pronotum uniformly yellowish­red to red, or only base of disc partly infuscate .. 6
5(4) Elytra unevenly convex, disc with distinct postscutellar tubercle. Large, length 6.6 mm; French Guyana ................................................................... cerdai sp. nov.
­ Elytra evenly convex, disc without postscutellar elevation. Small, length 5.3­6.1 mm; Suriname ..................................................................... surinamensis Borowiec
6(4) Antennae elongate, segments 8­9 distinctly longer than wide ............................. 7
­ Antennae short and stout, segments 8­9 slightly wider than long; Ecuador ............. ............................................................................ sachaensis Borowiec et Stojczew
7(6) Elytra distinctly unevenly convex, disc with distinct postscutellar tubercle ........ 8
­ Elytra evenly or only slightly unevenly convex, disc at most with very low posts­ cutellar elevation .................................................................................................... 9
8(7) Large, length 7.0­ 8.8 mm. Basal part of pronotal and elytral disc infuscate. Ground colour of dorsum yellowish­red; Brazil .......................... umbonata Hincks
­ Small, length 5.3 mm. Dorsum uniformly purple red; Ecuador ............................... ...................................................................... wegrzynowiczi Borowiec et Stojczew
9(8) Two apical antennal segments infuscate to black ................................................ 10
­ Antennae uniformly yellowish red; Brazil .................................... coccinea Spaeth
10(9) Pronotum simply coarsely punctuate; Brazil, Ecuador, French Guyana ................. .......................................................................................................... rubra (Olivier)
­ Pronotum dubly, coarsely and finely, punctuate; Brazil, French Guyana, Suriname .............................................................................................. cinnabarina Boheman
11(1) At least pronotal and elytral disc of same colour ................................................ 12
­ Pronotum yellowish red, elytral disc mostly metallic blue; Brazil, French Guyana ......................................................................................................... nimbata (Perty)
12(11) Antennae very short and stout, segments 8­9 at most as wide as long ................ 13
­ Antennae elongate and slim, segments 8­9 longer than wide .............................. 14
13(12) Dorsum deep black, thorax partly black. Elytral disc slightly unevenly convex, with low postscutellar elevation; Brazil, Peru ........................... brevicornis Spaeth
­ Dorsum brown, thorax yellowish. Elytral disc evenly convex; Brazil .................... ....................................................................................................... sahlbergi Spaeth
14(12) Pronotum unicolours, without yellow margin ..................................................... 15
­ Pronotum with yellow margin ............................................................................. 16
15(14) Elytra at base with yellow spot; French Guyana .................... discophora Boheman
­ Elytra at base without pale spot; Franch Guyana .................... funeraria Boheman
16(14) Antennae uniformly yellow ................................................................................ 17
­ Apical antennal segments infuscate to black ....................................................... 18
17(16) Thorax completely yellow; Bolivia ............................................. bicolor Boheman
­ Thorax partly black; Bolivia ................................................. testaceicornis (Weise)
18(16) Small, length 4.3­4.8 mm. Principal impression of elytral disc shallow. Intervals without punctures or with irregular micropunctation only .................................. 19
­ Large, length 4.9­5.7 mm. Principal impression of elytral disc deep. Intervals with two more or less regular rows of very fine punctures; Brazil .. limbaticollis Spaeth
19(18) Prosternum black. Elytra without yellow margin; Bolivia, Peru ... andicola Spaeth
­ Prosternum yellow. Elytra with yellow margin; Brazil ................... bohemani Baly
description: Published as part of Borowiec, L., 2003, A new species of Calliaspis Dejean, 1837 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) from French Guyana, pp. 1-6 in Zootaxa 148 on pages 4-5, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.156278