Discomorpha (s. str.) variegata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Cassida variegata Linnaeus, 1758: 363 (TE unknown), 1767: 576; Fabricius, 1775: 92, 1781: 113, 1787: 65, 1792: 303, 1801: 404; De Geer, 1775: 178, 1781: 329; Goeze, 1777: 206; Olivier, 1790: 389, 1808: 926 (incl. fig.); Lichtenstain, 1795: 64; Herbst, 1799: 286; Schoenherr, 1817: 226; Klug, 1829: 15.

Discomorpha variegata: Dejean, 1837: 392; Chevrolat in D'Orbigny, 1842: 285; Blackwelder, 1946: 736; Wilcox, 1975: 149; Haitlinger, 1992: 60 (phoretic mites); Borowiec, 1996 a: 180, 2002 a: 89, 2009 f: 667; Borowiec and Moragues, 2005: 261.

Oxynodera variegata: Hope, 1840 b: 184; Spaeth, 1913 b: 129, 1914 g: 28, 1919 d: 134.

Dolichotoma variegata: Erichson, 1848: 575; Boheman, 1850: 185, 1856: 29, 1862: 73; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3628.

Bia variegata: Weise, 1896 c: 31.

Discomorpha (s. str.) variegata: Viana, 1964 a: 120; Borowiec, 1999 d: 50; Chaboo, 2002 b: 717; Simoes and Monné, 2008: 713.

Cassida retusa Lichtenstein, 1795: 64 (type unknown); Schoenherr, 1817: 230.

Cassida retusa Herbst, 1799: 292 (HT! in ZMHU!).

Dolichotoma retusa: Boheman, 1850: 207, 1856: 29 (as syn. of variegata).

Dolichotoma tigrina Voet: Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3628 (nomen nudum).

Distr.: variegata: America; retusa Lichtenstein: not given; retusa Herbst: antillischen Inseln. Antilles; Brazil: Amazonas, Pará; French Guyana: Bas Maroni, Cayenne; Guyana: Blairmont Plantation, Georgetown; Surinam.

figure: habitus in colour
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habitus in colour (form with metallic pronotum)

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