1Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Taxonomy, University of Wrocaw, Przybyszewskiego 65, 51148 Wrocaw, Poland.
Zootaxa. 2022 Aug 4;5171(1):1-250. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5171.1.1.
The genus Cassida Linnaeus, 1758 is revised and 103 species are recognized as valid, all distributed in Sub-Saharan Africa and the south-western part of the Arabian Peninsula. Twenty-four species are described as new: Cassida bamendana sp. nov. (Cameroon), Cassida benaadirensis sp. nov. (Ethiopia and Somalia), Cassida elgonensis sp. nov. (Kenya), Cassida emontinensis sp. nov. (South Africa), Cassida garambana sp. nov. (Democratic Republic of Congo), Cassida heroni sp. nov. (Mozambique and South Africa), Cassida kantnerorum sp. nov. (Malawi), Cassida leleupi sp. nov. (Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda), Cassida minutissima sp. nov. (Somalia), Cassida nigeriana sp. nov. (Nigeria), Cassida oromiaensis sp. nov. (Ethiopia), Cassida overlaeti sp. nov. (Democratic Republic of Congo), Cassida oxylepiformis sp. nov. (South Africa), Cassida rabaiensis sp. nov. (Kenya), Cassida rogozinskii sp. nov. (Cameroon), Cassida satanas sp. nov. (Uganda), Cassida senegalensis sp. nov. (Senegal), Cassida shimba sp. nov. (Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique and South Africa), Cassida sparteiformis sp. nov. (Angola), Cassida stipidosa sp. nov. (Ethiopia), Cassida villersi sp. nov. (Burkina Faso and Niger), Cassida voiensis sp. nov. (Kenya), Cassida wanati sp. nov. (South Africa), and Cassida wittmeri sp. nov. (South Africa). The following new synonyms are proposed: Cassida callosicollis Spaeth, 1926 = Cassida magilensis Spaeth, 1926 syn. nov.; Cassida eluta Boheman, 1862 = Cassida cherenica Spaeth, 1917 syn. nov.; Cassida lacrymosa Boheman, 1854 = Cassida trepidula Spaeth, 1932 syn. nov.; Cassida praetimida Spaeth, 1912 = Cassida chapuisi Spaeth, 1912 syn. nov.; Cassida troglodytes Boheman, 1834 = Cassida impompalis Spaeth, 1924 syn. nov. = Cassida lueboensis Spaeth, 1932 syn. nov. Cassida setosa Chapuis, 1880 is a valid species and removed from synonymy with Cassida innotata Boheman, 1854. Colour photos, including intraspecific variablity, a key to species and maps of distribution are given.
本文对 Cassida 属进行了修订，共确认有效种 103 种，全部分布在撒哈拉以南非洲和阿拉伯半岛西南部。描述了 24 个新种：Cassida bamendana sp. nov.（喀麦隆）、Cassida benaadirensis sp. nov.（埃塞俄比亚和索马里）、Cassida elgonensis sp. nov.（肯尼亚）、Cassida emontinensis sp. nov.（南非）、Cassida garambana sp. nov.（刚果民主共和国）、Cassida heroni sp. nov.（莫桑比克和南非）、Cassida kantnerorum sp. nov.（马拉维）、Cassida leleupi sp. nov.（刚果民主共和国和卢旺达）、Cassida minutissima sp. nov.（索马里）、Cassida nigeriana sp. nov.（尼日利亚）、Cassida oromiaensis sp. nov.（埃塞俄比亚）、Cassida overlaeti sp. nov.（刚果民主共和国）、Cassida oxylepiformis sp. nov.（南非）、Cassida rabaiensis sp. nov.（肯尼亚）、Cassida rogozinskii sp. nov.（喀麦隆）、Cassida satanas sp. nov.（乌干达）、Cassida senegalensis sp. nov.（塞内加尔）、Cassida shimba sp. nov.（肯尼亚、坦桑尼亚、莫桑比克和南非）、Cassida sparteiformis sp. nov.（安哥拉）、Cassida stipidosa sp. nov.（埃塞俄比亚）、Cassida villersi sp. nov.（布基纳法索和尼日尔）、Cassida voiensis sp. nov.（肯尼亚）、Cassida wanati sp. nov.（南非）和 Cassida wittmeri sp. nov.（南非）。提出以下新的同物异名：Cassida callosicollis Spaeth, 1926 = Cassida magilensis Spaeth, 1926 syn. nov.；Cassida eluta Boheman, 1862 = Cassida cherenica Spaeth, 1917 syn. nov.；Cassida lacrymosa Boheman, 1854 = Cassida trepidula Spaeth, 1932 syn. nov.；Cassida praetimida Spaeth, 1912 = Cassida chapuisi Spaeth, 1912 syn. nov.；Cassida troglodytes Boheman, 1834 = Cassida impompalis Spaeth, 1924 syn. nov. = Cassida lueboensis Spaeth, 1932 syn. nov. Cassida setosa Chapuis, 1880 是一种有效物种，已从 Cassida innotata Boheman, 1854 的同物异名中删除。文中给出了彩色照片，包括种内变异性、物种检索表和分布地图。
