Colaspoides is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is one of the largest genera in the subfamily, containing over 260 species worldwide. It is an extant genus but there is at least one species, C. eocenicus, found in Baltic amber from the Upper Eocene of Russia, and the genus has also been reported from the Miocene of the Dominican Republic.
The Neotropical species of Colaspoides, including the type species, lack elytra-locking grooves on the pygidium, unlike in the Asian species and in similar-looking Neotropical Eumolpinae genera such as Beltia. According to Flowers (2018), this suggests that the Asian species of Colaspoides should be transferred to different genera.
Species The genus contains the following species:
Neotropical species:
Colaspoides abdominalis Jacoby, 1900 – Bolivia Colaspoides alcyonea (Erichson, 1847) – Peru Colaspoides amabilis Lefèvre, 1876 – Colombia Colaspoides amazona Jacoby, 1881 – Brazil (Amazonas) Colaspoides batesi Jacoby, 1879 – Costa Rica Colaspoides bicolor (Olivier, 1808) – Brazil (Amazonas, Pará), Peru Colaspoides cupreipennis Jacoby, 1880 – Ecuador Colaspoides elongata Jacoby, 1880 – Ecuador Colaspoides fasciata Lefèvre, 1875 – Colombia Colaspoides freyi Bechyné, 1955 – Venezuela Colaspoides fulgida Lefèvre, 1875 – Brazil (Central-West, Southwest, South), Paraguay, Argentina (Misiones, Chaco) Colaspoides hlisnikovskyi Bechyné, 1949 – Brazil (Amazonas) Colaspoides hypoxantha Lefèvre, 1885 Colaspoides hypoxantha hypoxantha Lefèvre, 1885 – Brazil (Amazonas) Colaspoides hypoxantha nisotricollis Bechyné, 1954 (note: pages 196–199, 202–203, 206–207 are missing in the PDF) – Brazil (Matto Grosso) Colaspoides igneicollis Lefèvre, 1886 – Peru Colaspoides inedita Lefèvre, 1876 – French Guiana, Brazil (Amapá) Colaspoides itaituba Bechyné & Bechyné, 1964 – Brazil (Pará) Colaspoides limbata (Fabricius, 1781) – Guyana, Brazil (Pará, Amazonas, Amapá), Suriname Colaspoides limbicollis Lefèvre, 1875 – French Guiana, Brazil (Pará, Amapá) Colaspoides marginata Jacoby, 1882 – Guatemala Colaspoides mera (Germar, 1824) – Brazil (Northeast) Colaspoides peruana Jacoby, 1879 – Peru Colaspoides quadriplagiata Jacoby, 1882 – Guatemala Colaspoides reticulata Lefèvre, 1876 – Brazil Colaspoides rufitarsis Lefèvre, 1875 – Brazil (Southwest, South), Costa Rica Colaspoides smaragdina Lefèvre, 1875 – Brazil Colaspoides tibialis (Germar, 1824) – Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) Colaspoides tibiella Bechyné, 1953 – Brazil (Southwest, South), Paraguay, Argentina (Misiones) Colaspoides unicolor Jacoby, 1879 – Nicaragua to Panama Colaspoides varicolor Lefèvre, 1878 – Colombia Colaspoides viridicollis Jacoby, 1878 – Brazil (Amazonas, Pará, Ceará) Colaspoides viridicornis Lefèvre, 1878 – Colombia
Palaearctic, Indomalaysian and Australasian species:
Colaspoides acervata Lea, 1915 – Australia Colaspoides ahmadi Medvedev, 2010 – Borneo Colaspoides alexei Romantsov, 2024 – Borneo Colaspoides amamianus Komiya, 1998 – Ryukyu Islands (Amami Ōshima) Colaspoides angusticollis Jacoby, 1898 – Borneo Colaspoides annamita Medvedev, 2004 – Vietnam, Laos Colaspoides annandalei Jacoby, 1905 – Peninsular Malaysia? ("Bukit Besar") Colaspoides anomogastra Lea, 1915 – Australia Colaspoides antennata Medvedev, 2007 – Vietnam Colaspoides apicata Medvedev, 2004 – Vietnam Colaspoides apicicornis Jacoby, 1884 – Sumatra, Mentawai, Nias Colaspoides armata Medvedev, 2004 – Laos Colaspoides asarovi Romantsov & Moseyko, 2023 – Peninsular Malaysia Colaspoides bacboensis Medvedev, 2004 – Vietnam Colaspoides bakeri Medvedev, 2006 – Philippines Colaspoides balyana Medvedev, 2007 – Borneo Colaspoides basilana Medvedev, 2006 – Philippines Colaspoides bengalensis Duvivier, 1892 – Nepal, Northeast India Colaspoides bicarinata Lea, 1915 – Australia Colaspoides bicoloripes Medvedev, 2019 – Peninsular Malaysia Colaspoides bidentatus Medvedev, 2004 – Vietnam Colaspoides biplagiata Baly, 1867 – Borneo Colaspoides bolmi Medvedev, 2010 – Borneo Colaspoides borneoensis Jacoby, 1898 – Borneo Colaspoides borneomontana Romantsov & Moseyko, 2023 – Borneo Colaspoides brancuccii Medvedev, 2004 – East India (Darjeeling), Nepal Colaspoides brevicollis Jacoby, 1898 – Borneo Colaspoides bruneiensis Romantsov & Moseyko, 2023 – Borneo Colaspoides brunnea Bryant, 1957 – Fiji Colaspoides buechei Medvedev, 2008 – Sulawesi Colaspoides buonloicus Medvedev, 2004 – Vietnam Colaspoides caledonica Medvedev, 2007 – New Caledonia Colaspoides cameronensis Romantsov & Moseyko, 2023 – Malay Peninsula Colaspoides cantonensis Medvedev, 2004 – Southern China (Guangdong), Vietnam Colaspoides cariniventris Lea, 1926 – Australia Colaspoides cechovskyi Medvedev, 2016 – Peninsular Malaysia Colaspoides chakratongii (Chûjô, 1964) – Thailand Colaspoides chapuisi Medvedev, 2004 – Thailand Colaspoides cheni Medvedev, 2004 – Vietnam Colaspoides chinensis Jacoby, 1888 – Southern China, Korea Colaspoides ciliaticornis Medvedev, 2019 – Vietnam Colaspoides ciliatipes Lefèvre, 1890 – Philippines Colaspoides circumdatus Medvedev & Romantsov, 2014 – Borneo Colaspoides clavipes Medvedev, 2004 – "Ind. or", possibly from Myanmar Colaspoides coerulescens Baly, 1867 – Malay Peninsula Colaspoides coerulipes Baly, 1867 – Borneo Colaspoides cognata Baly, 1867 – Peninsular Malaysia (Penang Island, Pangkor Island) Colaspoides cognatella Medvedev, 2004 – Thailand, Vietnam Colaspoides cognatomima Medvedev, 2004 – Peninsular Malaysia Colaspoides complicata Lea, 1915 – Australia Colaspoides confusa Gressitt, 1957 – Fiji Colaspoides costalis Medvedev, 2004 – Southern China (Guangdong) Colaspoides costipennis Romantsov & Moseyko, 2023 – Borneo Colaspoides crassifemur Tan & Wang, 1984 – Southwestern China (Yunnan) Colaspoides crassipes Lea, 1915 – Australia Colaspoides cuprea Baly, 1867 – Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore Colaspoides cupreicollis Jacoby, 1908 – Myanmar, Thailand Colaspoides cupreoviridis Lea, 1922 – Australia Colaspoides curticornis Medvedev, 2010 – Borneo Colaspoides curvipes Medvedev, 2004 – Vietnam Colaspoides daccordii Medvedev, 2004 – Vietnam Colaspoides dapi Medvedev, 2004 – Vietnam Colaspoides diffinis Lefèvre, 1893 – Vietnam Colaspoides dimorphus Medvedev, 2004 – Thailand Colaspoides doddi Lea, 1915 – Australia Colaspoides dohertii Jacoby, 1908 – Northeast India (Assam) Colaspoides dongnaicus Medvedev, 2012 Colaspoides elegans Baly, 1867 – Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore Colaspoides elegantula Lea, 1915 – Australia Colaspoides elenae Medvedev & Romantsov, 2014 – Borneo †Colaspoides eocenicus Moseyko & Kirejtshuk, 2013 – Baltic amber, Eocene Colaspoides epichloris (Boisduval, 1835) – Solomon Islands (Vanikoro) Colaspoides excavativentris Lea, 1926 (excaviventris?) – Australia Colaspoides fasciculata Lea, 1921 – Australia Colaspoides feae Jacoby, 1882 – Myanmar, Thailand Colaspoides fedorenkoi Medvedev, 2012 Colaspoides femoralis Lefèvre, 1885 – Southern China, Vietnam Colaspoides filimonovi Romantsov, 2024 – Java Colaspoides flavimana Medvedev, 2004 – Vietnam Colaspoides fontis Jolivet, Verma & Mille, 2008 – New Caledonia Colaspoides foveiventris Lea, 1915 – Australia Colaspoides frenchi Lea, 1915 – Australia Colaspoides fulvicornis (Baly, 1865) – Thailand Colaspoides fulvimana Jacoby, 1908 – Northeast India (Manipur, Meghalaya) Colaspoides fulvipes Lefèvre, 1889 – Vietnam Colaspoides fulvitarsis Jacoby, 1899 – Sumatra Colaspoides fulvorufa Medvedev, 2007 – Vietnam Colaspoides fulvus (Chûjô, 1935) – Ryukyu Islands Colaspoides fulvus Medvedev, 2015 (junior homonym of above) – Vietnam Colaspoides fuscoaenea Baly, 1867 – Borneo Colaspoides fuscoaenoides Romantsov, 2024 – Java Colaspoides geminata Weise, 1908 – Australia Colaspoides geniculatus Medvedev, 2004 – Thailand Colaspoides glabrata Jacoby, 1898 – Sumatra Colaspoides glabricollis Jacoby, 1908 – Myanmar Colaspoides gorbunovi Medvedev, 2010 – Borneo Colaspoides gratiosa (Baly, 1864) – Singapore Colaspoides gressitti Medvedev, 2004 – Vietnam Colaspoides gunungensis Romantsov & Moseyko, 2023 – Borneo Colaspoides haemorrhoidalis Lea, 1915 – Australia Colaspoides hainanensis Gressitt & Kimoto, 1961 – Southern China (Hainan) Colaspoides hageni Lefèvre, 1887 – Sumatra Colaspoides hagiangi Medvedev, 2004 – Vietnam Colaspoides heroni Lea, 1915 – Australia Colaspoides hoblerae Lea, 1915 – Australia Colaspoides howensis Lea, 1915 – Lord Howe Island Colaspoides icterica Weise, 1922 – Philippines Colaspoides imasakai Komiya, 1991 – Ryukyu Islands Colaspoides imitans Medvedev, 2004 – Vietnam Colaspoides inconspicua Jacoby, 1896 – Sumatra Colaspoides inornata Baly, 1867 – Peninsular Malaysia (Penang Island) Colaspoides insignis Baly, 1867 – Borneo Colaspoides iridipennis Jacoby, 1896 – Mentawai Colaspoides jacobyi Clavareau, 1914 – East India Colaspoides jacobyi Medvedev, 2004 (junior homonym of above) – "China" Colaspoides japanus Chûjô, 1956 – Japan (Kyushu, Koshikishima Islands, Tanegashima) Colaspoides javana Weise, 1924 – Java Colaspoides kabakovi Medvedev, 2004 – Vietnam Colaspoides kantneri Medvedev, 2004 – Peninsular Malaysia Colaspoides kasaharai Komiya, 1991 – Ryukyu Islands Colaspoides kelantana Medvedev, 2019 – Peninsular Malaysia Colaspoides kimotoi Medvedev, 2004 – Southern China (Hainan) Colaspoides klimenkoi Medvedev & Romantsov, 2014 – Borneo Colaspoides krausei Medvedev, 1988 – Philippines Colaspoides kubani Medvedev, 2004 – Thailand Colaspoides laeta Medvedev, 2004 – Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia Colaspoides laevicollis Lefèvre, 1887 – Sumatra Colaspoides lamellatus Medvedev, 2004 – Vietnam Colaspoides langbianicus Kimoto & Gressitt, 1982 – Vietnam Colaspoides laosensis Kimoto & Gressitt, 1982 – Laos, Thailand, Northeast India (Assam) Colaspoides laotica Medvedev, 2004 – Laos Colaspoides laportei Baly, 1867 (laportii?) – Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore Colaspoides lateralis Jacoby, 1900 – East India Colaspoides laticollis Jacoby, 1900 – "Bengal" Colaspoides latipalpis Romantsov & Moseyko, 2023 – Borneo Colaspoides laysi Medvedev, 2006 – Philippines Colaspoides leai Medvedev, 2000 – Australia Colaspoides lefevrei Jacoby, 1889 – Nias Colaspoides lobatus Medvedev, 2004 – Vietnam Colaspoides macgregori Medvedev, 2006 – Philippines Colaspoides malayana Jacoby, 1894 – Borneo Colaspoides malayensis Medvedev, 2004 – Peninsular Malaysia Colaspoides martini Lefèvre, 1885 Colaspoides martini martini Lefèvre, 1885 – Vietnam, Laos, Thailand Colaspoides martini spinigerus Lefèvre, 1893 – Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar Colaspoides medogensis Tan, 1989 – Southwestern China (Xizang) Colaspoides melanocephala Jacoby, 1908 – South India Colaspoides mentaweica Medvedev, 2003 – Mentawai Colaspoides metallactus Romantsov & Moseyko, 2023 – Borneo Colaspoides metallescens Medvedev, 2007 – Vietnam Colaspoides micans Baly, 1867 – Sulawesi Colaspoides microdentata Medvedev, 2004 – Vietnam Colaspoides mimeta Lea, 1915 – Australia Colaspoides mimica Medvedev, 2004 – Vietnam Colaspoides mindanaica Medvedev, 1988 – Philippines Colaspoides mindorensis Medvedev, 2006 – Philippines Colaspoides minimus Kimoto & Gressitt, 1982 – Vietnam, Laos Colaspoides mirabilis Medvedev, 2010 – Borneo Colaspoides miyatakei Kimoto, 1967 – Southern China (Hong Kong) Colaspoides modesta Baly, 1867 – Borneo Colaspoides modiglianii Jacoby, 1896 – Sumatra Colaspoides montana Jacoby, 1900 – Northeast India (Assam, Meghalaya) Colaspoides morimotoi Kimoto, 1967 – Southern China (Hong Kong) Colaspoides multicostata Medvedev, 2007 Colaspoides napolovi Medvedev, 2012 – Vietnam Colaspoides negrosana Medvedev, 2006 – Philippines Colaspoides nepalensis Kimoto, 2001 – Nepal Colaspoides nikandrovitshi Romantsov & Moseyko, 2023 – Peninsular Malaysia Colaspoides nitidicollis Medvedev, 2010 – Borneo