Colasposoma viridicoeruleum

Colasposoma viridicoeruleum
	Colasposoma mutabile from Sumatra. Mounted specimen
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Family:	Chrysomelidae
Genus:	Colasposoma
Subgenus:	Colasposoma (Colasposoma)
Species:	C. mutabile
Binomial name
	Colasposoma mutabile; Baly, 1867

Colasposoma mutabile is a species of beetles belonging to the family Chrysomelidae, described by Joseph Sugar Baly in 1867.

Description

Colasposoma mutabile can reach a length of 4–5 millimetres (0.16–0.20 in). The body is metallic green, blue or dark violaceous. Head is closely punctured, with black antennae. Thorax is twice as broad as long, with rounded sides and a punctured surface. Elytra show more strong punctures in irregular rows.

Distribution

This species can be found in India, Andaman Islands, Myanmar, Malayan Subregion (Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo and all the indonesian archipelago), Amur River region and China.

References

^ Baly, J. S. (1867). "Phytophaga Malayana; a revision of the phytophagous beetles of the Malay Archipelago, with descriptions of the new species collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 3. 4: 1–300. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1866.tb01857.x.

Global Names Index
Universal Biological Indexer
Martin Jacoby Coleoptera. Chrysomelidae. (page 46 of 54)

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[Baly1867-1] Baly, J. S. (1867). "Phytophaga Malayana; a revision of the phytophagous beetles of the Malay Archipelago, with descriptions of the new species collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 3. 4: 1–300. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1866.tb01857.x.

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