''Zenocolaspis'' is a genus of

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s in the subfamily

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. It is known from North America and South America. There are at least two described species in ''Zenocolaspis''. The genus is very similar to '' Colaspis'' (also known as ''Maecolaspis''), but the body is smaller and the eyes are strongly convex and prominent externally. The genus was established by the Czech entomologist

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in a monograph titled "Evaluación de los datos sobre los Phytophaga dañinos en Venezuela (Coleoptera)" before his death in 1973, but the work (including the description of the genus) was unpublished until October 1997. However, as early as 1968 it was indicated that some species from ''Colaspis'' had been moved to ''Zenocolaspis'', before the formal description of the latter was published.

Species

* '' Zenocolaspis inconstans'' (

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, 1878) ** ''Zenocolaspis inconstans constituta'' ( Bechyné, 1951) ** ''Zenocolaspis inconstans inconstans'' (

, 1878) ** ''Zenocolaspis inconstans lividipes'' (

, 1884) ** ''Zenocolaspis inconstans nicoletta'' ( Bechyné, 1950) ** ''Zenocolaspis inconstans pusilla'' (

, 1884) ** ''Zenocolaspis inconstans semidistincta'' ( Bechyné, 1950) * '' Zenocolaspis subtropica'' ( Schaeffer, 1906)

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