Aspidimorpha (Afroaspidimorpha) nigromaculata (Herbst, 1799)
Cassida nigromaculata Herbst, 1799: 277 (TE in ?); Schönherr, 1817: 218; Boheman, 1855: 525, 1856: 205, 1862: 487; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3656.
Aspidomorpha nigromaculata: Weise, 1896 c: 19; Spaeth, 1903 c: 172, 1916 b: 41, 1922 b: 999, 1924: 290, 1925 d: 3, 1932 c: 5, 1935 a: 172, 1943: 50; Shaw, 1955: 234, 1956 b: 593, 1961: 17, 1963: 459, 1968 a: 370, 1972: 63; Tiberghien, 1976: 179; Borowiec, 1985 b: 226, 1985 c: 440, 1986 a: 792; Mohamedsaid, 2000 b: 375.
Aspidomorpha (Aspidomorpha) nigromaculata: Spaeth, 1914 g: 76.
Aspidimorpha (Afroaspidimorpha) nigromaculata: Borowiec, 1997 b: 36 (incl. fig.), 1999 d: 205; Sekerka, 2004: 124; Coache & Rainon, 2020: 17 (colour photo).
Aspidimorpha nigromaculata: Borowiec, 2005 e: 121.
Cassida mutabilis Klug, 1835: 47 (HT! in ZMHU!); Boheman, 1854: 367, 1856: 125, 1862: 301; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3656; Chapuis, 1880: 29; Weise, 1896 c: 19 (as syn. of nigromaculata); Kolbe, 1898: 345.
Cassida lurida Boheman, 1854: 366 (LT! in NRS!); 1856: 124, 1862: 301; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3655; Spaeth, 1932 c: 5 (as syn. of nigromaculata).
Aspidomorpha lurida: Spaeth, 1898 b: 540.
Aspidomorpha (Aspidomorpha) lurida: Spaeth, 1914 g: 76.
Cassida nigroguttata Thomson, 1858: 232 (HT! in MM!); Boheman, 1862: 360; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3656; Weise, 1896 c: 20 (as syn. of nigromaculata).
Host plants: Convolvulaceae: Merremia hederacea, Ipomoea argentaurata/heterotricha, I. eriocarpa (Borowiec, 1997 b).
Distr.: nigromaculata: Siera Leone; mutabilis: not given; lurida: Senegallia; nigroguttata: not given (Gabon from title). Benin; Burkina Faso; Burundi; Cameroon; Chad; Equatorial Guinea; Ethiopia; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea Bissau; Ivory Co ast; Kenya; Liberia; Malawi; Mali; Nigeria; Principe Is.; Republic of Central Africa; Republic of Congo; Senegal; Sierra Leone; South Africa; Sudan; Tanzania; togo; Uganda; Zaire; Zambia; Zimbabwe.
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