Overview of species (39)

C. apicipenne – C. argentatum – C. atrocyaneum – C. austerum – C. badium – C. birmanicum – C. brevepilosum – C. crenulatum – C. coracinum – C. dauricum – C. davidi – C. densatum – C. distinguendum – C. downesii – C. flavolimbatum – C. grande – C. hajeki – C. laticolle – C. nepalense – C. nigriventre – C. ornatum – C. pretiosum – C. propinquum – C. purcharti – C. purpuratum – C. robustum – C. rugulosum – C. semicostatum – C. splendidum – C. socotranum – C. tenebrosum – C. tenenbaumi – C. unicostatum – C. vicinale – C. villosulum – C. villosum – C. viridicoeruleum – C. viridifasciatum – C. yunnanum

Synonyms

• Acis Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836: 411 [unnecessary substitute name; preoccupied name]
  • Type species: Colasposoma senegalense Laporte, 1833, by subsequent designation by Monrós & Bechyné (1956): 1127
• Ballatro Gistel, 1848: 123 [unnecessary substitute name]
• Thysbe Thomson, 1858: 208
  • Type species: Thysbe aurichalcica Thomson, 1858, by subsequent designation by Moseyko & Sprecher-Uebersax in Löbl & Smetana (2010): 83
• Palesida Harold, 1874: 23 [synonymized by Selman (1965): 164]
  • Type species: Palesida chapuisi Harold, 1874
• Pseudomacetes Linell, 1896: 695 [synonymized by Selman (1965): 164]
  • Type species: Pseudomacetes aenus Linell, 1896 [= Colasposoma varicolor Fairmaire, 1898]
• Dasychlorus Fairmaire, 1898: 19 [synonymy confirmed by Selman (1965): 164]
  • Type species: Dasychlorus passeti Fairmaire, 1898 [= Thysbe laticornis Thomson, 1858]
• Cheiriphyle Jacoby, 1901: 241 [synonymized by Selman (1965): 164]
  • Type species: Cheiriphyle metallica Jacoby, 1901 [= Colasposoma colmanti Burgeon, 1941]
• Chiriphyle [misspelling of Cheiriphyle]
• Anwarullahia Abdullah & Qureshi, 1969: 119 [synonymized by Moseyko & Sprecher-Uebersax in Löbl & Smetana (2010): 80]
  • Type species: Anwarullahia lahorensis Abdullah & Qureshi, 1969 [= Colasposoma ornatum Jacoby, 1881]

Primary references

• Abdullah, M. & Qureshi, S.S. 1969. A key to the Pakistani genera and species of the Chrysomelinae and Halticinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), with description of new genera and species including the economic importance. Pakistan Journal of Science and Industrial Research 12: 105–120. Abstract only seen.

• Chevrolat, L.A.A. 1836. [new taxa]. In: Dejean, P.F.M.A. Catalogue des Coléoptères de la collection de M. le comte Dejean. Deuxième édition. [Livraison 5]. Paris: Méquignon-Marvis Père et Fils. pp. 361–443. BHL. Reference page. 
• Fairmaire, L. 1898. Description d'une genre nouveau d'Eumolpide (Col.). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 1898: 19–20. BHL

• Gistel, J.N.F.X. 1848. Naturgeschichte des Thierreichs. Für höhere Schulen. Mit einem Atlas von 32 Tafeln (darstellend 617 illuminirte Figuren) und mehreren dem Texte eingedruckten Xylographien. Stuttgart: Hoffmann'sche Verlags-Buchhandlung, xvi + 216 + [4] pp., 32 pl. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.97235 BHL Reference page. 
• Jacoby, M. 1901. A further contribution to our knowledge of African Phytophagous Coleoptera. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1901, vol. 1: 209–256. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1901.tb02386.x . BHL.
• Laporte [de Castelnau], F.L.N.C. 1833. Mémoire sur les divisions du genre Colaspis. Revue Entomologique 1: 18–25. BHL
• Linell, M.L. 1895. List of Coleoptera collected on the Tana River and on the Jombene Range, East Africa, by Mr. William Astor Chanler and Lieutenant Ludwig von Höhnel, with descriptions of new genera and species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 18(1094): 687–716. BHL

• Monrós, F. & Bechyné, J. 1956. Über einige verkannte Chrysomeliden-Namen. Entomologische Arbeiten aus dem Museum Georg Frey 7(3): 1118–1137. BHL Reference page. 

• Moseyko, A.G. & Sprecher-Uebersax, E. 2010. New nomenclatural and taxonomic acts, and comments. Chrysomelidae: Eumolpinae. Pp. 80–83. In: Löbl, I. & Smetana, A. (eds) Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark. 924 pp. DOI: 10.1163/9789004260917_003 . ISBN 978-87-88757-84-2. Google Books. Reference page. 

• Selman, B.J. 1965. A revision of the Nodini and a key to the genera of Eumolpidae of Africa (Coleoptera: Eumolpidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), entomology 16(3): 141–174. BHL. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Thomson, J. 1858. Archives entomologiques ou recueil contenant des illustrations d'insectes nouveaux ou rares. Tome 2, Paris, 469 pp + 14 pl. BHL

Additional references

• Löbl, I. & Smetana, A.. 2010. Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 6, 2010. Index to species-group names. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark. 507 pp. Full article (PDF).
• Löbl, I. & Smetana, A.. 2013. Errata to Volumes 1 to 7. Pp. 26–50. In: Löbl, I. & Smetana, A. (eds) Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 8. Curculionoidea II. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark. 700 pp. ISBN 978-90-04-25206-6. Google Books.
• Medvedev, L.N. 2007. To the knowledge of Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) described by V. Motschulsky. Russian Entomological Journal 15(4): 409–417. PDF
• Medvedev, L.N. 2007. New and poorly known Oriental Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) of the Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie A (Biologie) (702): 1–19. PDF

• Mohamedsaid, M.S. 2004. Catalogue of the Malaysian Chrysomelidae (Insecta: Coleoptera). Series Faunistica 36. Sofia-Moscow: Pensoft Publishers. 239 pp. ISBN 954-642-201-0. Reference page. 

• Moseyko, A.G. & Sprecher-Uebersax, E. 2010. Eumolpinae. Pp. 619–643. In: Löbl, I. & Smetana, A. (eds) Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark. 924 pp. ISBN 978-87-88757-84-2. Google Books. Reference page. 

• Zoia, S. 2007. New data on African Eumolpinae from the collection of the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 54(1): 69–74. DOI: 10.1002/mmnd.200700006 . Reference page. 

• Zoia, S. 2012. Eumolpinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) of Socotra Island. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 52(s2): 449–501. PDF. Reference page.