Conchyloctenia praecox (Boheman, 1854)
Cassida praecox Boheman, 1854: 334 (HT! in NRS!); 1856: 118; 1862: 289.
Aspidomorpha praecox: Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3650.
Aspidomorpha (Conchyloctenia) praecox: Spaeth, 1902 b: 450; Shaw, 1956 a: 264; 1961: 23; 1972: 68.
Conchyloctenia praecox: Spaeth, 1906 a: 399; 1912 b: 504; 1914 g: 80; 1924: 298, 300; Borowiec, 1994a: 90 (incl. fig.), 1999 d: 213, 2010 c: 565.
Conchyloctenia praecox ab. obscurella Spaeth, 1906 a: 399 (HT! in MM!); 1914 g: 80; 1924: 300; Jolivet, 1957: 50.
Cassida externeguttata Fairmaire, 1882: 58 (TE in MNHN); Kolbe, 1898: 344; Spaeth, 1906a: 399 (as syn. of picta).
Aspidomorpha externeguttata: Spaeth, 1898 a: 277.
Aspidomorpha (Conchyloctenia) externeguttata: Spaeth, 1902 b: 450.
Conchyloctenia praecox ab. externeguttata: Spaeth, 1914 g: 80, 1924: 300.
Aspidomorpha picta Weise, 1898: 219 (ST! in DEI!, ZMHU!); Borowiec, 1994 a: 92 (as syn. of praecox).
Aspidomorpha (Conchyloctenia) picta: Spaeth, 1902 b: 80.
Conchyloctenia praecox var. picta: Weise, 1912 b: 504.
Conchyloctenia praecox ssp. picta: Spaeth, 1914 g: 80; 1924: 300.
Distr.: praecox: Caffraria; externeguttata: not recorded; picta: Pangani; obscurella: Lukuledi, Kigonsera. Ethiopia; Kenya; Malawi; Mozambique; Somalia; South Africa: Natal, Transvaal; Tanzania; Uganda; E Zaire; Zambia; Zimbabwe.
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