Cazira similis, (Cazira), 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 (Cazira) Distant 1902: 245–246. [ Figs 185–187 ]

Original data: “Length 8½ to 11; breadth between pronotal angles 5 to 6 millim.”; “ Hab. Naga Hills (Doherty).” [syntypes (range of measurements)]

SYNTYPE ♁: blue-margined syntype disc; red-margined type [H. T.] disc “Naga Hills (Doherty)”; “ similis Dist. [Distant’s handwriting]”; “Distant Coll. 1911–383.”; “NHMUK 010592147”. Fourth and fifth right antennomeres, second to fifth left antennomeres, left middle leg, and posterior legs missing ( Fig. 185 ).

SYNTYPE ♁: blue-margined syntype disc; “Naga Hills (Doherty)”; “Distant Coll. 1911–383.”; “NHMUK 010592148”. Fourth and fifth right antennomeres, third to fifth left antennomeres, and left anterior leg missing ( Fig. 186 ).

SYNTYPE ♁: blue-margined syntype disc; “Naga Hills (Doherty)”; “Distant Coll. 1911–383.”; “NHMUK 010592149”. Fifth right and left antennomeres, and left middle leg missing ( Fig. 187 ).

Current status: Cazira similis Distant, 1902 .

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.