Cassida algirica Lucas, 1849
Cassida algirica Lucas, 1849 a: 513 (TE in ?); Kraatz, 1874: 98; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3652; Desbrochers, 1891: 45 (as syn. of prasina sensu Boheman); Weise, 1893: 1079; Spaeth, 1914 f: 140; Jolivet, 1967: 380; Gruev, 1990 a: 351, 1992: 407; Sassi, 1994: 68 (incl. male gen. and spermatheca); Kismali and Sassi, 1994: 142; Petitpierre et. al., 1998: 2 (karyotype); Borowiec, 1999 d: 236; Sekerka, 2004: 127, 2006 c: 90; Borowiec and Sekerka, 2010: 372.
Cassida (Cassida) algirica: Spaeth, 1914 g: 100; Spaeth and Reitter, 1926: 43; Winkler, 1932: 1357; Biondi et al., 1995 a: 26; Bordy, 2000: 178 (incl. genitalia); Warchałowski, 2000: 129.
Cassida prasina: Boheman, 1854: 381 (not Illiger, 1798, misidentification); Desbrochers, 1891: 21, 39.
Host plant: Asteraceae: Galactites tomentosa, Cirsium scabrum (Jolivet, 1967); Cynara cardunculus, Carthamus sp., Galactites sp. (Bibolini, 1973).
Distr.: Alger, Constantine, Lacalle. Algeria; Armenia; S France; Greece: Korfu; Italy; Tunisia; Turkey.
figure: habitus in colour
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