Colaspidema

"Colaphus" redirects here. The term may also refer to the leaf beetle genus Colaphellus.

Colaspidema is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Chrysomelinae.

Colaspidema
Colaspidema barbarum
Colaspidema dufouri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Cucujiformia
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Subfamily:	Chrysomelinae
Genus:	Colaspidema Laporte, 1833
Type species
Chrysomela atra (= Chrysomela barbara Fabricius, 1792) Olivier, 1790
Synonyms[1]
Colaphus Dejean, 1836

Species

The genus contains the following species, in two subgenera:^[2]

• Subgenus Colaphomega Reitter, 1913 (Type species: Chrysomela rufifrons Olivier, 1807)
  • Colaspidema dufouri (Perez Arcas, 1865)
  • Colaspidema rufifrons (Olivier, 1807)
  • Colaspidema signatipenne Guérin-Ménéville, 1844
• Subgenus Colaspidema Laporte, 1833 (Type species: Chrysomela atra Olivier, 1790 (= Chrysomela barbara Fabricius, 1792))
  • Colaspidema barbarum (Fabricius, 1792)