Callispa unicolor
Species of beetle
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Callispa unicolor is a species of beetle of the family Chrysomelidae. It is found in Zimbabwe.[1]
| Callispa unicolor | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Genus: | Callispa |
| Species: | C. unicolor |
| Binomial name | |
| Callispa unicolor Weise, 1904 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Description
Adults reach a length of about 5 mm. They are black and shiny. The antennae are rather thick, reaching the base of the thorax and the prothorax is rounded and attenuated on both sides at the front, then straight, deeply and broadly longitudinally impressed on both sides towards the middle of the disc, the middle part of the disc somewhat higher on the sides, deeply impressed at the base, marked on both sides with some bipartite serrated dots, with longitudinal and lateral impressions. The scutellum is impunctate.[2]