Cassida (Odontionycha) usambarica Weise, 1898

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 : 204-205

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.1649/0010-065X-75.1.191
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scientific name	Cassida (Odontionycha) usambarica Weise, 1898
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Cassida (Odontionycha) usambarica Weise 1898: 221 .

Type Locality. “[ Tanzania:] Kwai.” Data Available in Gebien (1907) . “ 3 Ex. Cotype!

J. Weise ded. 20.IV.1904. D-Ostafrika, Usambara.

(Nach Spaeth syn. mit Cassida depicta Boh. )”.

Current Status. Synonym of Cassida depicta Boheman, 1862 .

Remarks. Weise (1898) did not specify how many specimens he had at his disposal, but he gave a body length range indicating he must have had at least two. In the MFNB, there are ten syntypes of C. usambarica , all of which have the locality label “Kwai”, which is situated in the West Usambara Mountains.