Key to species of Calleida lativittis species group

1. Elytra metallic bluish green; disc without reddish patch, only sutural interval reddish (Fig. 42). Elytra sub-convex, parallel sided. Dorsal pubescence reduced to a few, short setae at the base of pronotum. S India (Coimbatore, Bangalore)...........

......................................................................... [5] C. jelineki Casale & Shi, sp. n.

- Elytra metallic green, disc with large reddish patch extended from the base to apex on the inner three to five intervals. Elytra depressed, narrow but slightly widened at the posterior fifth. Pronotal disc evenly pubescent or glabrous................. 2

2. Dorsal side with dense pubescence on the head, pronotum and elytral intervals. Femora blackish at apical third or less. Head wide and depressed. Pronotum transverse-cordate, widened in the middle, with lateral furrows wide and markedly flattened. NE India, N Thailand, Myanmar, SW China (Yunnan)......................................... [4] C. excelsa Bates

- Both pronotal disc and elytral intervals glabrous. Femora blackish at apical two thirds or more. Head narrow and convex. Pronotum elongate-cordate; disc convex, with narrow lateral furrows. India (W and N India), Bangladesh .................................................................................................... [3] C. lativittis Chaudoir