Cazira similis, (Picromerus), 1902

Roell, Talita, Lemaître, Valérie A., Webb, Michael D. & Campos, Luiz A., 2023, An annotated and illustrated Type Catalogue of the predacious Shieldbugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae: Asopinae) in the Collection of the Natural History Museum, London, Zootaxa 5232 (1), pp. 1-105 : 78

similis (Picromerus) Distant 1883: 421. [ Figs 188–189 ]

Original data: “ Hab. Hakodatè.” [syntype (s)]

SYNTYPE ♁: blue-margined syntype disc; red-margined type disc; “ Japan (Lewis)”; “ similis (Dist.) [Distant’s handwriting]”; “Ha Ko”; “NHMUK 010592296”. Specimen well preserved ( Fig. 188 ) .

NON-TYPE ♀: “Hakodatè / 88 31”; “NHMUK 010592298”. Specimen well preserved ( Fig. 189 ).

Current status: Picromerus lewisi Scott, 1874 (synonymised by Josifov & Kerzhner 1978: 180).

Notes: Distant (1883: 421) had noted “In colour, markings, and general appearance almost undistinguishable from P. lewisi Scott , [...]” and indeed Picromerus similis Distant was synonymised to P. lewisi Scott by Josifov & Kerzhner (1978). The female specimen was received at NHMUK in 1888 and was, in all likelihood, collected the previous year, four years after the original description; it cannot be a syntype but is a topotype, contemporary to the male syntype.

Figures

FIGURES 185–192. Type and non-type specimens deposited in NHMUK. 185–187, Cazira similis; 188–189, Picromerus similis; 190, Podisus smithi; 191–192, Arma spinosa. Scale bars: 4 mm.