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
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5331881
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scientific name	Mezira drakei Hoberlandt, 1957
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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).

References

HEISS E. 2012: Annotated catalogue of the flat bug family Aradidae Brulle, 1836 of Madagascar and adjacent islands (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). Zootaxa 3426: 45 - 63.

HOBERLANDT L. 1957: Aradoidea (Heteroptera) of Madagascar and adjacent islands. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, Supplementum 4: 1 - 109.

KORMILEV N. A. & FROESCHNER R. C. 1987: Flat bugs of the World. A synonymic list (Heteroptera: Aradidae). Entomography. Vol. 5. Entomography Publications, Sacramento, California, 245 pp.

USINGER R. L. & MATSUDA R. 1959: Classification of the Aradidae (Hemiptera-Heteroptera). British Museum (Natural History), London, vii + 410 pp.