Cassida kristenseni Spaeth, 1912

Simões, Marianna V. P., Husemann, Martin & Sekerka, Lukáš, 2021, A Catalog of the Tortoise Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae) Collection Deposited in the Zoological Museum Hamburg (ZMH), The Coleopterists Bulletin 75 (1), pp. 191-210 : 196

Cassida kristenseni Spaeth, 1912 ( Figs. 15–16 )

Cassida (Odontionycha) kristenseni Spaeth 1912b: 501 .

Type Locality. “ Harrar [ Ethiopia: Harari Region]” .

Type Specimens Examined. Syntype: glued, “ Coll. E. Ross | Berlin. N 113 [t, b, cb] || Cassida | Kristenseni | Spaeth det. [t & hw, w, cb] || Harrar [hw, w, cb] || Cotyp.! [hw, w, cb] || Harar | Abessinien [t, g, cb; subsequently added label] || Cassida | Kristenseni | 93.) Spaeth. | Abyssinien. [hw, g, bf, cb] || ZMH 824673 [w, bf, sf]” ( ZMH) .

Current Status. Synonym of Rhytidocassis limbiventris ( Boheman, 1854) .

Remarks. This taxon was described based on numerous specimens without selection of a unique type ( Spaeth 1912b); therefore, all specimens are syntypes. Spaeth (1941) synonymized C. kristenseni with Rhytidocassis limbiventris ( Boheman, 1854) . Borowiec (2002) revised the African species of Rhytidocassis Spaeth, 1941 and concurred with Spaeth (1941). He listed four syntypes of C. kristenseni as paralectotypes but did not designate a lectotype. No other lectotype designation for this taxon is known to us, and therefore all specimens are syntypes.

Figures

Figs. 1–16. Type specimens of Cassidinae s. str. deposited at the Zoological Museum Hamburg. 1–4) Agenysa boliviana Spaeth, syntypes; 5–6) Androya obscuricollis (Fairmaire), syntype; 7–8) Aspidimorpha (s. str.) plasoni Spaeth, syntype; 9–10) Basiprionota sarawacensis (Spaeth), syntype; 11–12) Botanochara convexiuscula Spaeth, syntype; 13–14) Cassida aspectabilis Spaeth, syntype; 15–16) Cassida kristenseni Spaeth, syntype.