Cassidinidea ovalis (Say, 1818)

Fig. 1D

Naesa ovalis Say, 1818: 484-485.

Cassidena lunifrons Richardson, 1900: 222.

Naesa ovalis Richardson, 1900: 224.

Cassidina lunifrons .- Richardson 1901: 533, fig. 14.

Cassidisca lunifrons .- Richardson 1905: 273, figs 283-284.

Cassidisca ovali .- Richardson, 1905: 274, figs 283, 205.

Cassidinidea ovalis .- Hansen, 1905: 130; Menzies and Frankenberg 1966: 44 fig. 20; Schultz 1969: 115, fig. 158; Kussakin 1979: 336, figs 199-200; Heard 1982: 32, fig. 35; Kensley and Schotte 1989: 208, fig. 92; Bruce 1994: 1151, fig. 45; Camp et al. 1998: 136; Kensley and Schotte 1999: 701-702; Khalaji-Pirbalouty and Bruce 2021: 494-502, figs 2-5.

Type locality.

St John’s River in Florida.

Material examined.

USA. 4 ♂♂ (up to 3 mm), 8 ♀♀ (up to 3.2 mm); South Carolina, Georgetown County; 26 Apr. 1965; E.L. Bousfield leg.; CMNC 1992-0582 . 1 ♂ (2.8 mm), 6 ♀♀ (up to 3.2 mm); South Carolina, Charleston County, 25 Apr. 1965; E.L. Bousfield leg.; CMNC 1991-2575 . 2 ♀♀ (up to 3 mm); North Carolina, Dare County; 11 Apr. 1975; E.L. Bousfield leg.; CMNC 1985-0643 . 1 ♀ (3.1 mm); North Carolina, Tyrrell County, 11 Apr. 1975; E.L. Bousfield leg.; CMNC 1985-0644 .

Distribution.

Eastern coast of North America from New Jersey to Florida (Khalaji-Pirbalouty and Bruce 2021).

Genus Cassidinopsis Hansen, 1905