Cassida viridis Linnaeus, 1758
Cassida viridis Linnaeus, 1758: 362 (TE unknown), 1767: 574, 1787: 1635; Gmelin, 1761: 152; De Geer, 1775: 327; Müller, 1776: 65; Goeze, 1777: 201, 1779: 304; Stroem, 1788: 375; Scriba, 1790: 176; lliger, 1798: 480; Herbst, 1784: 81 (incl. fig.), 1799: 209; Marsham, 1802: 143; Schönherr, 1817: 210 (as syn. of equestris F.); Latreille, 1817: 515; Westwood, 1839: 378, Hope, 1840 b: 3; Cornelius, 1847: 363; Boheman, 1854: 475 (as syn. of equestris); Rupertsberger, 1872: 22, 1876: 401; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3659; Desbrochers, 1891: 16; Weise, 1893: 1074, 1086; Acloque, 1896: 456; Bedel, 1898: 207; Everts, 1901: 515; Reitter, 1912: 213; Kleine, 1917 e: 163-178 (biology), 1917 f: 269-277 (biology); Engel, 1932: 195-207, 1935: 41-96 (biology); Bechyne, 1944: 80; Steinhausen, 1950: 19 (larva); Kocher, 1958: 148; Jolivet, 1967: 379; Kosior and Klein, 1970: 315-340; Kosior, 1975: 252-392 (biology); Medvedev, 1973: 148, 1983: 140; Silfverberg, 1979: 61; Gruev, 1980: 91, 1990 a: 354, 1992: 436; Lopatin and Kulenova, 1986: 181; Lopatin, 1986: 115; Bordy and Doguet, 1987: 168 (incl. spermatheca); Lizhong, 1989: 87; Dubeshko and Medvedev, 1989: 207; Sassi, 1994: 56; Kismali and Sassi, 1994: 152; Bordy, 1995 a: 19 (incl. colour photo), 1997: 61 (ejaculat. apod.); Aleksandrovitch et al., 1996: 52; Petitpierre et. al., 1998: 2 (karyotype); Borowiec, 1999 d: 294; Mohamedsaid, 2000 b: 376; Sekerka, 2004: 152, 2006 c: 98, 2007 c: 94, 2010: 7, 21 (colour photo); Lee and Cho, 2006: 97; Borowiec and Sekerka, 2010: 378.
Cassida (Cassida) viridis: Desbrochers, 1891: 44.
Cassida (Odontionycha) viridis: Weise, 1891 b: 204; Spaeth, 1914 g: 94; Spaeth, 1914g: 94; Spaeth and Reitter, 1926: 25; Winkler, 1932: 1356; Gressitt, 1952: 522; Gressitt and Kimoto, 1963: 983; Lopatin, 1977 a: 251; Warcha³owski, 1978: 135 (incl. fig, male gen.), 2000: 190; Brovdii, 1983: 84 (incl. fig., male gen., biology); Borowiec, 1985 a: 31; An and al., 1985: 27; Chen and al., 1986: 461, 624; Gruev and Tomov, 1986: 372 (incl. male gen.), 1998: 136, 2007: 315; Medvedev, 1992: 598; Medvedev and Dubesko, 1992: 178; Strejèek, 1993: 132; Biondi et al., 1995 a: 27; Rozner, 1996: 259; Bordy, 2000: 123 (incl. colour fig, genitalia); Lee and An, 2001: 203.
Odontionycha viridis: Spaeth, 1921 b: 84.
Cassida flaviceps Marseul, 1878: 35 (TE in ?).
Cassida viridis ab. flaviceps: Weise, 1900: 132; Spaeth, 1914 g: 95.
Odontionycha viridis ab. flaviceps: Spaeth, 1921 b: 84.
Cassida (Odontionycha) viridis ab. flaviceps: Spaeth and Reitter, 1926: 25.
Cassida (Odontionycha) viridis var. nigriceps ab. flaviceps: Winkler, 1932: 1356.
Cassida viridis forma (abnorm.?) nigroconcolor Heikertinger, 1918: 5 (TE in ?NMW), 1931: 255.
Cassida (Odontionycha) viridis ab. ?nigroconcolor: Spaeth and Reitter, 1926: 25; Winkler, 1932: 1356.
Cassida cardui De Geer, 1775: 174 (part); Schönherr, 1817: 211 (as syn. of equestris); Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3659 (as syn. of viridis).
Cassida equestris Fabricius, 1787: 62 (ST in ZMK), 1792: 292, 1801: 388; Gmelin, 1787: 1638; Olivier, 1790: 378, 1808: 976; Thunberg, 1794: 103; Panzer, 1795: 153; Illiger, 1798: 480 (as syn. of viridis); Paykull, 1799: 45; Herbst, 1799: 216; Latreille, 1804: 28, 1807: 51; Gyllenhal, 1813: 436; Schönherr, 1817: 210; Stephens, 1829: 228, 1832: 367; Sahlberg, 1835-39: 186; Gravenhorst and Scholtz, 1842: 435; Suffrian, 1844: 89; Cornelius, 1847: 363; Redtenbacher, 1849: 519, 1858: 952, 1874: 521; Boheman, 1854: 474, 1856: 143, 1862: 346; Bach, 1856: 73; Kraatz, 1874: 104; Seidlitz, 1875: 488, 1891: 701, 1891: 787; Heyden, 1877: 363; Gorham, 1885: 281; Fowler, 1890: 401; Desbrochers, 1891: 10, 44 (as syn. of viridis); Paterson, 1931: 943 (larva); Zimsen, 1964: 88.
Cassida nigriceps Fairmaire, 1851: 528 (TE in ?), 1852: 92; Boheman, 1854: 476, 1856: 144, 1862: 346; Kraatz, 1874: 104; Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3656; Weise, 1893: 1075.
Cassida (Cassida) nigriceps: Desbrochers, 1891: 44.
Cassida (Odontionycha) nigriceps: Weise, 1891 b: 204.
Cassida viridis ssp. nigriceps: Spaeth, 1914 g: 95; Kismali and Sassi, 1994: 152.
Cassida (Odontionycha) viridis ab. nigriceps: Spaeth and Reitter, 1926: 25.
Cassida (Odontionycha) viridis var. nigriceps: Winkler, 1932: 1356.
Cassida viridis japonica Yasutomi, 1952: 93, 96, 98 (TE in ?).
Cassida (Odontionycha) erudita: Kimoto, 1966 a: 651 (not C. erudita Baly, 1874, misidentification); Kimoto and Takizawa, 1994: 346 (incl. colour fig., larva).
Host plant: Lamiaceae: Salvia pratensis, Melissa officinalis, Nepeta cataria (Suffrian, 1844); Salvia glutinosa, Stachys recta, Galeopsis tetrahit, G. grandiflora, Mentha aquatica, M. rotundifolia, Lycopus europaeus (Bechyne, 1944); Isodon Kameba (Chujô and Kimoto, 1961); Mentha aquatica, M. longifolia, M. arvensis, Stachys silvatica, S. palustris, Galeopsis pubescens, G. tetrahit (Kosior, 1975); Mentha aquatica, M. longifolia, M. verticillata, Salvia glutinosa, Stachys recta, S. palustris, Galeopsis tetrahit, Lycopus europaeus (Brovdii, 1983); Mentha suaveolens, Galeopsis speciosa, Salvia officinalis (Bordy, 2000); Asteraceae: ?Cirsium spp. (Bechyne, 1944).
Distr.: viridis: Europe; flaviceps: Syrie, Kab-Elias; nigroconcolor: ?, equestris: Halae; nigriceps: Hispania, japonica: ?. Palaearctic Region incl. Japan.
figure: habitus in colour
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