Mezira Amyot and Serville, 1843

Contreras, Eugenia Fernanda & Coscarón, María Del Carmen, 2012, The Aradidae (Insecta, Hemiptera, Heteroptera) of Argentina, Zootaxa 3500, pp. 1-35 : 17

Genus Mezira Amyot and Serville, 1843

Figs 1 E, 5D, 6A–E, 7A–D, 8A–D

Mezira Amyot and Serville, 1843 . His. Nat., Hém., pp. 12, 305. Type-species: Mezira granulata Amyot and Serville , preoccupied, next available name is Brachyrhynchus abdominalis Stål , monobasic. Arictus Stål, 1865 . Hem. Africana, 3: 31.

Dusius Bergroth, 1894 . Entomol. Tidsk., 15: 104.

Diagnosis: Body elongate oval, surface granular and typically without conspicuous hairs; clypeus prominent, with genae well developed, at either side and exceeding apex of clypeus to form a slight cleft or notch in front, the genae usually rounded at sides of apex; antenniferous tubercles relatively short but spine-like, rostrum arising well behind apex of head, rostral groove distinct, narrow and parallel-sided and terminating at constricted neck region; pronotum slightly shorter than head, lateral margins sinuate; hemelytra complete, membrane with distinct irregular veins; spiracles typically all ventral except those of eighth segment lobes and all well set apart from lateral margins

Figures

FIGURE 1. Distribution map of Argentinian species of Aradidae. A; Aneurosoma. B; Iralunelus. C; Aradus. D; Isodermus. E; Mezira. F; Neuroctenus.