Genus Mezira Amyot & Serville, 1843

Mezira Amyot & Serville, 1843: 305 . Type species by monotypy: Mezira granulata Amyot & Serville, 1843 (junior secondary homonym of Aradus granulatus Say, 1832). Cuba [“ France meridionale” in error, see Bergroth, 1898].

Brachyrrhynchus usurpatus Bergroth, 1885: 182 (new name for Mezira granulata, synonymized by Bergroth, 1898: 188).

Brachyrhynchus abdominalis Stål, 1873: 144 . Cuba

Mezira abdominalis Usinger & Matsuda, 1959: 379; Kormilev & Froeschner, 1987: 147.

Ref.: Usinger & Matsuda, 1959 (syst.); Hoberlandt, 1957 (key); 1963 (key to bicoloured species); Kormilev & Froeschner, 1987: 147 (cat.)