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Nezara similis Freeman 1940

  • 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).

Notes

Published as part of Ferrari, Augusto, Schwertner, Cristiano Feldens & Grazia, Jocelia, 2010, Review, cladistic analysis and biogeography of Nezara Amyot & Serville (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), pp. 1-41 in Zootaxa 2424 on pages 20-21, DOI: doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2424.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/194550

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Additional details

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.