Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Pentatomomorpha » Flat Bugs (Aradidae) » Mezirinae » Mezira

Genus Mezira

Female nymph, Mezira vanduzeei? - Mezira

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)

Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)

Infraorder Pentatomomorpha

Family Aradidae (Flat Bugs)

Subfamily Mezirinae

Genus Mezira

Explanation of Names

Mezira Amyot & Serville 1843

Numbers

11 spp. in our area, 160 worldwide(1)

not yet in the guide:

M. novella Blatchley • FL

M. smithi Kormilev • GA

Identification

key to spp. in (1) • to small spp. in (2)

Range

worldwide, most diverse in the Neotropics & SE Asia(1)

Works Cited

1.	First North American records of the Eastern Palearctic Flat Bug Mezira subsetosa Josifov and Kerzhner (Hemiptera: Aradidae:... Hoebeke E.R., Williams G., Carter M.E. 2019. Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 121: 439‒448.

2.	A new species of Mezira Amyot and Serville (Heteroptera: Aradidae) from Florida, with a key to the small Mezira species... Vilímová J., Taylor S.J., McPherson J.E. 1996. Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 98: 630‒639.

Contributed by Will Chatfield-Taylor on 26 December, 2008 - 10:27pm
Additional contributions by kschnei, v belov
Last updated 29 February, 2024 - 6:19pm

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by: