Cassida deflorata Suffrian, 1844
Cassida deflorata Suffrian, 1844: 139 (LT!, PLT! in ZMHU!); Boheman, 1854: 379, 1856: 127, 1862: 304; Kraatz, 1874: 97, 104; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3653; Desbrochers, 1891: 13, 18; Weise, 1893: 1079; Acloque, 1896: 457; Bedel, 1898: 209, 1901: 335; Peyerimhoff, 1911: 298 (biology); Escalera, 1914: 534; Kocher, 1958: 149; Jolivet, 1967: 380; Bordy and Doguet, 1987: 173 (incl. spermatheca); Gruev, 1990 a: 351, 1992: 410; Sassi, 1994: 67 (incl. male gen.), 1997: 64 (ejaculat. apod.); Petitpierre et. al., 1998: 2 (karyotype); Borowiec, 1999 d: 246; Steinhausen, 2002: 27 (pupa); Sekerka, 2006 c: 91; Borowiec and Sekerka, 2010: 373.
Cassida (Cassida) deflorata: Desbrochers, 1891: 45; Spaeth, 1914 g: 101; Spaeth and Reitter, 1926: 42; Winkler, 1932: 1357; Biondi et al., 1995 a: 26, 1995 b: 646; Bordy, 2000: 198 (incl. genitalia); Warcha³owski, 2000: 137.
Cassida herbea Lucas, 1849 a: 513 (TE in ?); Boheman, 1854: 379 (as syn. of deflorata).
Cassida limbaticollis Fairmaire, 1856: 531 (TE in ?); Boheman, 1862: 364; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3655; Desbrochers, 1891: 40 (as syn. of deflorata); Escalera, 1914: 534.
Cassida sanguinosa: Perris, 1876: 206 (misidentification, biology).
Cassida gallica Megerle: Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3653 (nomen nudum).
Cassida sardoa Heyden: Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3653 (nomen nudum).
Cassida scolymi Küster: Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3653 (nomen nudum).
Host plant: Asteraceae: Senecio cineraria, Cirsium dyris (Jolivet, 1967); Cynara scolymus (Bordy and Doguet, 1987); Arctium lappa, Carduus tenuiflorus, Cynara cardunculus, Silbum marianum (Bordy, 2000).
Distr.: deflorata: Portugal, Sardinien, Sicilien, Ungarn, südlichen Russland: Sarepta; herbea: Est de l’Algerie: Philippeville, Constantine, Milah, Alger; limbaticollis: Marocco. Algeria; France; Italy; Morocco; Portugal; Spain.
figure: habitus in colour
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