Callipta is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It contains four species, which are distributed in the Caucasus, Central to East Asia and North Africa.[2][3] The genus was originally named Calliope by Julius Weise in 1882; however, as Édouard Lefèvre pointed out, the name "Calliope" had been used a number of times for genera described previously (for instance, the passerine bird genus Calliope Gould, 1836), so it was renamed to Callipta by Lefèvre in 1885.[1]

Callipta
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Chrysomelidae
Subfamily: Eumolpinae
Tribe: Bromiini
Genus: Callipta
Lefèvre, 1885[1]
Type species
Calliope fausti
Weise, 1882
Synonyms
  • Calliope Weise, 1882
    (preoccupied)
  • Arachnipta Medvedev, 1957

Species

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References

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  1. ^ a b Lefèvre, E. (1885). "[Callipta]". Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France. 6. 5 (2): CXXIV–CXXV.
  2. ^ Moseyko, A. G.; Sprecher-Uebersax, E. (2010). "Eumolpinae". In Löbl, I.; Smetana, A. (eds.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. pp. 619–643. ISBN 978-87-88757-84-2.
  3. ^ "Callipta". African Eumolpinae site. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
  4. ^ a b c d e Lopatin, I. K. (1997). "On the Genus Callipta (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)". Entomological Review. 77 (1): 122–126.