Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Taxonomy, University of Wrocław, Przybyszewskiego 65, 51-148 Wrocław, Poland..
Zootaxa. 2021 Mar 16;4942(4):zootaxa.4942.4.1. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4942.4.1.
Immature stages of Cassida pfefferi Sekerka, 2006 from Cyprus are described and illustrated for the first time and compared with immatures of closely related species Cassida nobilis Linnaeus, 1758 and Cassida vittata Villers, 1789. Detailed descriptions of mature larvae and pupae of C. nobilis and C. vittata are also given. Analysis of the morphological body structure of the preimaginal stages of the studied species reveals subtle characters distinguishing C. pfefferi from other species of C. nobilis groups and confirms its species status.
塞浦路斯的 Cassida pfefferi Sekerka，2006 的未成熟阶段被首次描述和说明，并与亲缘关系密切的 Cassida nobilis Linnaeus，1758 和 Cassida vittata Villers，1789 的幼虫进行了比较。还详细描述了 C. nobilis 和 C. vittata 的成熟幼虫和蛹。对研究物种的预成虫阶段的形态结构分析揭示了细微的特征，可将 C. pfefferi 与 C. nobilis 组的其他物种区分开来，并证实了其物种地位。
