Nezara similis Freeman 1940
Authors/Creators
- 1. Laboratório de Entomologia Sistemática, Departamento de Zoologia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Bento Gonçalves, 9500, Bloco IV, prédio 43435, 91501 - 970 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
- 2. Laboratório de Entomologia Sistemática, Departamento de Zoologia, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Biologia Animal, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Av. Bento Gonçalves, 9500, Bloco IV, prédio 43435, 91501 - 970 Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil & Departamento de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de São Paulo – Campus Diadema, Rua Prof. Artur Riedel, 275, 09972 - 270, Diadema, SP, Brazil
Description
Nezara similis Freeman, 1940
(Fig. 1 D, 5, 6A–B, 7D, 8D, 9D, 11A–B, 16D)
Nezara similis Freeman, 1940: 368; Linnavouri, 1982: 138; Azim & Shafee, 1978: 507 Nezara similis var. flavolineata Freeman, 1940: 369
Diagnosis. Thorax: ostiolar ruga auriculate, inconspicuous (Fig. 3 E). Abdomen: black maculae of urosternites reduced or absent; median spine of III abdominal segment long, reaching anterior margin of posterior coxae. Male: ventral rim of pygophore with brims restricted to posterolateral angles, abruptly ending (Fig. 8D), shared with N. viridula, N. antennata and N. yunnana; paramere trilobate, two lobes with pointed apex, median lobe scarcely observed in posterior view. Female: posterior margins of gonocoxites 8 straight; basal half of laterotergites 9 concave (Fig. 16 D).
Material examined: Nezara similis Freeman, 1940 Holotype (♂ — BMNH) with labels: a) by beating b) MT CAMEROON Musake 6,350ft 13.I.1932 M. Steele B.M. 1934-240 c) Type d) Nezara similis Freem. Nezara similis var. flavolineata Freeman, 1940 (♀ BMNH) MT CAMEROON Musake 6,350ft 13.I.1932 M. Steele B.M. 1934-240 Type. Paratypes: CAMEROON: Mt. Cameroon, Musake 5,400ft, 28.I.1932 M. Steele B.M. 1934-240 (♂ — BMNH); Mt. Cameroon, Musake, 6,350ft, 13.I.1932 M. Steele B.M. 1934-240 (♀ BMNH).
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- BMNH , ♀, BMNH
- Event date
- 1932-01-13 , 1932-01-28
- Verbatim event date
- 1932-01-13 , 1932-01-28
- Scientific name authorship
- Freeman
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Hemiptera
- Family
- Pentatomidae
- Genus
- Nezara
- Species
- similis
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype , paratype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Nezara similis Freeman, 1940 sec. Ferrari, Schwertner & Grazia, 2010
References
- Freeman, P. (1940) A contribution to the study of the genus Nezara Amyot & Serville (Hemiptera, Pentatomidae). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 90, 351 - 374.
- Azim, M. N. & Shafee, S. A. (1978) Indian species of the genus Nezara Amyot and Serville (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 75 (2), 507 - 511.