Mezira amplicollis Linnavuori, 1978

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 : 424

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.5331871
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/9C1587AC-FF81-FFB9-FE30-FD4C11B6FBDF
treatment provided by	Marcus
scientific name	Mezira amplicollis Linnavuori, 1978
status

Treatment

Mezira amplicollis Linnavuori, 1978: 6–7 , Figs 1b–c, e, g (original description).

Two paratypes are deposited in NMPC:

PARATYPE (J): ‘ Ethiopia / Shashamanni / 7 – 8. VI. 63 / Linnavuori [p] // Paratypus [p, red label] // J [p] // mosiur [illegible] / Linnavuori [hw] // PARATYPUS / MEZIRA / AMPLICOLLIS / Linnavuori, 1978 / labelled: P. KMENT 2015 [p, red label]’.

PARATYPE (♀): ‘ Ethiopia / Shashamanni / 7 – 8. VI. 63 / Linnavuori [p] // Paratypus [p, red label] // ♀ [p] // Mezira / amplicollis / Lv. [hw] // PARATYPUS / MEZIRA / AMPLICOLLIS / Linnavuori, 1978 / labelled: P. KMENT 2015 [p, red label]’.

Currents status. Valid species: Brachyrhynchus amplicollis ( Linnavuori, 1978) (see KORMILEV & FROESCHNER 1987, HEISS 2013).

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