Callispa krishnashunda, is a species of leaf beetle found in Sri Lanka.[1][2][3]
| Callispa krishnashunda | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Callispa |
| Species: | C. krishnashunda
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| Binomial name | |
| Callispa krishnashunda Maulik, 1919
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Description
editBody length is about 5.75 mm. Body broad, oblong and yellowish brown in color. Eyes medium-sized. Antennae dark brown and about 2.25 mm long. Prothorax is about 1.10 mm long and medially truncate anterior margin with a transverse row of punctures. Scutellum sub-pentagonal. Elytral length is about 4.50 mm. There are ten rows of punctures at each elytron base. Small and brownish hind wings with a total length of about 6.00 mm. Legs with both fore-coxae and mid-coxae are punctured.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Callispa krishnashunda Maulik, 1919". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
- ^ "Tribe Callispini Chapuis 1875" (PDF). naturalhistory.si.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-26.
- ^ Kimoto, Shinsaku (2003). "The Chrysomelidae (Insecta: Coleoptera) collected by Dr. Akio Otake, on the occasion of his entomological survey in Sri Lanka from 1973 to 1975". Bulletin of the Kitakyushu Museum of Natural History and Human History, Series A (Natural History). pp. 23–43. doi:10.34522/kmnh.1.0_23. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
- ^ "Taxonomic studies on some species of the genus' Callispa'baly (Hispinae, Chrysomelidae, Coleoptera) of the Oriental region" (PDF). spiral.imperial.ac.uk. Retrieved 2021-09-26.