Mezira drakei Hoberlandt, 1957

Kment, Petr, Kolínová, Zdislava & Heiss, Ernst, 2015, Catalogue of the type specimens of true bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) deposited in the National Museum, Prague, Czech Republic *, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 55 (1), pp. 411-443 : 425-426

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5303893
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7479D174-4F1D-4465-9EEA-2BBB5E1FC2A2
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5331881
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/9C1587AC-FF82-FFBB-FE72-FAB5109BFEF3
treatment provided by	Marcus
scientific name	Mezira drakei Hoberlandt, 1957
status

Treatment

Mezira drakei Hoberlandt, 1957: 48 (key), 51–53, Figs 45–48 (original description).

Three paratypes are deposited in NMPC:

PARATYPE (J): ‘Aôut 01 [hw] // MUSEUM PARIS / MADAGASCAR / RÉGION DU SUD / ANDRAHOMANA / CH. ALLUAUD 1901 [p, greyish label] // Paratypus [p] / Mezira / drakei sp. n. J [hw] / Det. L. Hoberlandt, 19[p]53 [hw, red label] // Mus. Nat. Pragae / Inv. [p] 11.024 [hw, orange label]’.

PARATYPE (♀): ‘MUSEUM PARIS / MADAGASCAR / AMBOVOMBE / R. DECARY 1926 [p, blue label] // Paratypus [p] / Mezira / drakei, sp. n. ♀ [hw] / Det. L. Hoberlandt, 19[p]53 [hw, red label] // Mus. Nat. Pragae / Inv. [p] 11.023 [hw, orange label]’.

PARATYPE (♀): ‘Museum Paris / Madagascar / Région du Sud / Andrahomana / Ch.Alluaud 1901 [hw] // Paratypus [p] / Mezira / drakei, sp. n. ♀ [hw] / Det. L. Hoberlandt, 19[p]53 [hw, red label] // Mus. Nat. Pragae / Inv. [p] 11.025 [hw, orange label]’.

Current status. Valid species (see USINGER & MATSUDA 1959, KORMILEV & FROESCHNER 1987, HEISS 2012).

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hemiptera
Family	Aradidae
Genus	Mezira