Callipta is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It contains four species, which are distributed in the Caucasus, Central to East Asia and North Africa.[2][3] The genus was originally named Calliope by Julius Weise in 1882; however, as Édouard Lefèvre pointed out, the name "Calliope" had been used a number of times for genera described previously (for instance, the passerine bird genus Calliope Gould, 1836), so it was renamed to Callipta by Lefèvre in 1885.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Eumolpinae |
| Tribe: | Bromiini |
| Genus: | Callipta Lefèvre, 1885[1] |
| Type species | |
| Calliope fausti Weise, 1882
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Species
edit- Callipta borealis Lopatin, 1976 – Uzbekistan, China (Xinjiang)
- Callipta fausti (Weise, 1882)
- Callipta fausti badghyza Lopatin, 1997[4] – Turkmenistan (South Turkmenistan: Badkhyz)
- Callipta fausti balchana Lopatin, 1997[4] – Turkmenistan (West Turkmenistan)
- Callipta fausti fausti (Weise, 1882) – Azerbaijan, southern European Russia
- Callipta fausti murgabica Lopatin, 1997[4] – Turkmenistan (South Turkmenistan: Murgab River)
- Callipta fausti palvanica Lopatin, 1997[4] – Turkmenistan (North Turkmenistan: Kaplankyr)
- Callipta fausti turcomana Medvedev, 1957 – Turkmenistan (Kopet-Dag mountain ridge)
- Callipta iranica Lopatin, 1997[4] – Iran
- Callipta oberthuri (Fairmaire, 1876) – Algeria, Tunesia
References
edit- ^ a b Lefèvre, E. (1885). "[Callipta]". Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France. 6. 5 (2): CXXIV–CXXV.
- ^ Moseyko, A. G.; Sprecher-Uebersax, E. (2010). "Eumolpinae". In Löbl, I.; Smetana, A. (eds.). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books. pp. 619–643. ISBN 978-87-88757-84-2.
- ^ "Callipta". African Eumolpinae site. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
- ^ a b c d e Lopatin, I. K. (1997). "On the Genus Callipta (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae)". Entomological Review. 77 (1): 122–126.