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Six species of the genus Asida Latreille, 1802, from Algeria and Tunisia, are revised of which five very rare or only known by types. Asida punica Kwieton, 1986 and A. radulicollis Kwieton, 1986 are redescribed, illustrations of habitus and aedeagus of A. gambeyi Allard, 1869, A. punica Kwieton, 1986, A. radulicollis Kwieton, 1986 and A. sacculipennis Kwieton, 1986 are first time presented and distribution maps are given for four little-known Asida species from Tunisia. New taxonomic status: Asida abrupta ssp. punica Kwieton, 1986 is upgraded to A. punica Kwieton, 1986, stat. nov. Taxonomical changes: Asida hispidula Pic, 1903 and A. sacculipennis Kwieton, 1986 are transferred from subgenus Globasida Escalera, 1905 to subgenus Asida s. str.; Asida gambeyi Allard, 1869 is transferred from subgenus Asida s. str. to subgenus Globasida Escalera, 1905. Lectotype designations: Asida gambeyi Allard, 1869; A. hispidula Pic, 1903; A. ruficornis Solier, 1836.