Oxylepus deflexicollis (Boheman, 1862)
Cassida deflexiocollis Boheman, 1862: 333 (LT! in NRS!); Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3653; Desbrochers, 1891: 37; Bordy and Doguet, 1987: 168.
Cassida (Chelysida) deflexicollis: Desbrochers, 1891: 46.
Chelysida deflexicollis: Weise, 1891 b: 203, 1893: 1069; Acloque, 1896: 458.
Chelyida [sic] deflexicollis: Escalera, 1914: 536.
Oxylepus deflexicollis: Desbrochers, 1884: 170; Spaeth, 1901 b: 754; Sassi, 1994: 55; Bordy, 1997: 55 (ejaculat. apod.), 2000: 69 (incl. fig, genitalia, larva); Petitpierre et. al., 1998: 2 (karyotype); Borowiec, 1999 d: 314; Sekerka, 2004: 160, 2006 c: 100; Borowiec and Sekerka, 2010: 380.
Oxylepis deflexicollis: Bodenheimer, 1937: 149; Spaeth and Reitter, 1926: 15; Kocher, 1958: 146; Biondi et al., 1995 a: 26; Borowiec et al. 1997: 152.
Cassida (Oxylepis) deflexicollis: Meloni, 1991: 75.
Oxylepus deflexicollis var. Sahlbergi Spaeth, 1901 b: 755 (ST! in MM!), 1914 g: 87.
Oxylepis deflexicollis ab. Sahlbergi: Spaeth and Reitter, 1926: 15.
Cassida involuta Fairmaire, 1880: 419; Spaeth, 1901: 756 (as syn. of deflexicollis).
Oxylepus deflexicollis var. involutus: Spaeth, 1901 b: 756.
Oxylepis deflexicollis var. involuta: Spaeth, 1914 g: 87.
Oxylepus capucinus Desbrochers, 1884: 170 (TE in ?); Spaeth, 1901: 755 (as form of deflexicollis).
Cassida (Chelysida) deflexicollis var. capucina: Desbrochers, 1891: 46.
Oxylepis deflexicollis var. capucina: Spaeth, 1914 g: 86.
Chelysida vagepunctata Weise, 1891 b: 203 (TE in ?), 1893: 1069; Spaeth, 1901 b: 754 (as syn. of deflexicollis).
Chelyida [sic] vagepunctata: Escalera, 1914: 536.
Cassida deflexicollis var. excelsa Desbrochers, 1891: 37 (TE in ?); Spaeth, 1901 b: 754 (as syn. of deflexicollis).
Oxylepus Palaestina Desbrochers, 1884: 171 (TE in ?); Spaeth, 1901 b: 755 (as syn. of capucinus).
Host plant: Chenopodiaceae: Salsola vermiculata, Suaeda pruinosa (Peyerimhoff, 1911), Salsola vermiculata, Suaeda fruticosa, S. vera (Jolivet, 1967); Halocnemum strobilaceum (Meloni, 1991); Salicornia spp. (Borowiec et al., 1997; Porta, 1934).
Distr.: deflexicollis: Gallia meridionalis (Frejus); sahlbergi: Korfu; capucinus: Algier; vagepunctata: Oran, Magador; excelsa: Oran; palaestina: Palestine. Algeria; Egypte; S France; Greece; Israel; S Italy.
figure: habitus in colour
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