Cazira Explained

Cazira is a genus of shield bugs found in the Indo-Malayan region.

The antennae have five joints and the basal segment does not reach the tip of the head. The pronotum is rugose and the scutellum has inflated tuberculations on it. The fore tibiae are dilated and on the underside the abdomen has an abdominal spine that reaches the hind coxae.^{[1] [2]}

About fifteen species are known in the genus.^[3]

Species

• Cazira breddini - Vietnam, Sichuan, Bhutan
• Cazira concinna - Hainan
• Cazira emeia - Yunnan
• Cazira flava - Yunnan
• Cazira friwaldskyi - Himalayas (= Cazira bhoutanica)
• Cazira inerma - Sichuan, Fujian, Zhejiang
• Cazira membrania - Guizhou, Zhejiang
• Cazira montandoni - Yunnan, Vietnam
• Cazira sichuana - Sichuan
• Cazira similis - Northeast India
• Cazira thibetensis - Sichuan, Yunnan
• Cazira ulceratus - Java, Sumatra (= Cazira vegeta) - India, Thailand, Japan
• Cazira verrucosa - South Asia, Thailand
• Cazira yunnanica - Yunnan (earlier under Breddiniella)

Notes and References

1. Book: The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Rhynchota. Volume I.. 245–247. Distant, W.L.. 1902. Taylor and Francis. London.
2. 27. 1. 18–20. Khuong, Dang Duc. [One new genus and six new species of the subfamily Asopinae (Pentatomida: Heteroptera) for Vietnam]. Tap Chi Sinh Hoc. 2014. vi. 10.15625/0866-7160/v27n1.5247 . free.
3. Checklist and Nomenclatural Notes on the Chinese Pentatomidae (Heteroptera) I. Asopinae. Rider, David A.. Zheng Le-Yi. Entomotaxonomia. 2002. 24. 2. 107– .