Cassida major Kraatz, 1874

Cassida humeralis var. major Kraatz, 1874: 103 (LT in DEI).

Cassida major: Bordy, 1996 b: 227; Borowiec, 1999 d: 263; Borowiec and Sekerka, 2010: 375.

Cassida tingitana Escalera, 1914: 535 (TE in Madrid); Bordy, 1996 b: 227 (as syn. of major).

Cassida humeralis var. tingitana: Spaeth and Reitter, 1926: 38; Kocher, 1958: 148.

Cassida humeralis ab. tingitana: Winkler, 1932: 1357.

Cassida corrosa Desbrochers, 1891: 39 (LT in DEI, PLT! in MNHN, MM!); Weise, 1891 a: 382 (as syn. of humeralis), 1893: 383; Spaeth, 1914 f: 140; Bordy, 1996 b: 227 (as syn. of major).

Cassida ellipsodes Marseul, 1878: 35 (LT in MNHN); Desbrochers, 1891: 45 (as syn. of denticollis); Spaeth, 1914 f: 140 (as syn. of humeralis); Bordy, 1996 b: 227 (as syn. of major).

Cassida (Cassida) humeralis ab. ellipsodes: Spaeth and Reitter, 1926: 38; Winkler, 1932: 1357.

Cassida humeralis: Kocher, 1958: 148; Jolivet, 1967: 380; Sassi, 1994: 63 (incl. male gen. and spermatheca), misinetrpretation.

Host plant: Asteraceae: Centaurea acaulis (Peyerimhoff, 1919; Jolivet, 1967).

Distr.: major: Tanger; tingitana: Tánger; corrosa: Algerie et de Tanger; ellipsodes: Alger. Algeria; Italy: Sicily; Morocco; S Portugal; S Spain.

figure: habitus in colour

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