Conchyloctenia signatipennis (Boheman, 1854)
Cassida signatipennis Boheman, 1854: 345 (LT! in NRS!), 1856: 120, 1862: 294; Gorham in Gorham and Gahan, 1892: 94; Spaeth, 1914 g: 80 (as syn. of spilota).
Aspidomorpha signatipennis: Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3651; Wagener, 1880: 161.
Aspidomorpha (Conchyloctenia) signatipennis: Spaeth, 1902 b: 452; Shaw, 1955: 236; 1972: 69.
Conchyloctenia signatipennis: Spaeth, 1924: 301; Borowiec, 1985 b: 237; 1986 a: 802, 1994 a: 105 (incl. fig.), 1999 d: 214; Sekerka, 2004: 155; Coache & Rainon, 2020: 45 (colour photo).
Conchyloctenia signatipennis var. jecorsa Spaeth, 1902 b: 451 (ST! in MM!).
Conchyloctenia spilota ab. jecorsa: Spaeth, 1914 g: 80.
Conchyloctenia signatipennis ab. jecorsa: Spaeth, 1924: 301.
Conchyloctenia signatipennis var. maculipunctata Spaeth, 1902 b: 451 (ST! in IRSN, MM!); Borowiec, 1994 a: 105 (as syn. of signatipennis).
Conchyloctenia spilota var. maculipunctata: Spaeth, 1914 g: 80.
Conchyloctenia signatipennis ssp. maculipunctata: Spaeth, 1924: 301.
Aspidomorpha (Conchyloctenia) signatipennis var. maculipunctata: Shaw, 1956 b: 595.
Cassida spilota Boheman, 1854: 343 (LT! in NRS!), 1856: 120, 1862: 294; Thomson, 1858: 230; Borowiec, 1994 a: 105 (as syn. of signatipennis).
Aspidimorpha spilota: Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3651.
Conchyloctenia spilota: Spaeth, 1902 b: 450; 1914 g: 80; 1916 b: 41; 1924: 302.
Cassida lyncea Boheman, 1854: 344 (HT! in BMNH!), 1856: 120, 1862: 294; Borowiec, 1994 a: 105 (as syn. of signatipennis).
Aspidomorpha lyncea: Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3649.
Conchyloctenia lyncea: Spaeth, 1902 b: 450; 1914 g: 79; 1924: 302.
Cassida nigrosellata Boheman, 1862: 294 (TE in ?BMNH); Borowiec, 1994 a: 105 (as syn. of signatipennis).
Aspidomorpha nigrosellata: Gemminger and Harold, 1876: 3650.
Aspidomorpha (Conchyloctenia) nigrosellata: Spaeth, 1902 b: 450.
Conchyloctenia nigrosellata: Spaeth, 1914 g: 80; 1929 a: 160.
Conchyloctenia signatipennis ssp. nigrosellata: Spaeth, 1924: 301.
Aspidomorpha Schelleri Karsch, 1882: 401 (HT! in ZMHU!, incl. fig.).
Aspidomorpha (Conchyloctenia) Schelleri: Spaeth, 1902 b: 450.
Conchyloctenia Schelleri: Spaeth, 1914 g: 80, 1935 b: 94 (as syn. of mouffleti).
Conchyloctenia signatipennis ab. Schelleri: Spaeth, 1924: 301.
Distr.: signatipennis: Sierra Leona; Senegallia; jecorsa: Camerun: Victoria; maculipunctata: Congo super.: Kassango a Stanleyfalls, Kabambarre, Camerun: Adamana; spilota: Sierra Leona; lyncea: Senegallia; nigrosellata: Africa orientalis (Old Calabar); schelleri: Westafrika: Chinchoxo. N Angola; Burundi; Cameroon; Equatorial Guinea; SW Ethiopia; Gambia; Gabon; Ghana; Guinea; Ivory Coast; W Kenya; Liberia; Nigeria; Republic of Central Africa; Republic of Congo; Ruanda; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Tanzania; Togo; Uganda; Zaire.
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