Mizaldus

This article is about the genus of bugs. For the French astronomer, see Antonio Mizauld.

Mizaldus
Mizaldus montiscandens (northern Borneo)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Rhyparochromidae
Subfamily: Rhyparochrominae
Tribe: Drymini
Genus: Mizaldus
Distant, 1901
Synonyms

Ampera Distant, 1919

Mizaldus is a genus of seed bugs in the family Rhyparochromidae and tribe Drymini, erected by William Lucas Distant in 1901.[1] The known species distribution appears to include Africa, Japan, Malesia through to New Guinea.[2]

Species

The Lygaeoidea Species File[2] includes:

  1. Mizaldus carvalhoi Slater, 1995
  2. Mizaldus gotoi (Hidaka, 1959)
  3. Mizaldus hirashimai (Hidaka, 1961) - Japan
  4. Mizaldus intrusa (Distant, 1919)
  5. Mizaldus lestoni Slater, 1995
  6. Mizaldus linnavuorii Slater, 1995
  7. Mizaldus montiscandens Bergroth, 1918 - Borneo, Philippines
  8. Mizaldus nidulus Slater & Carayon, 1963 - West Africa
  9. Mizaldus sinuaticollis Linnavuori, 1978 - Sudan
  10. Mizaldus sylvaticus Krüger, 2019 - Liberia
  11. Mizaldus tenuis Slater, 1995
  12. Mizaldus woodwardi Slater & Carayon, 1963 - type species (by subsequent designation) - New Guinea

References

  1. ^ Distant WL (1901) Notes and descriptions relating to some Plataspinae and Graphosominae (Rhynchota). Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)8: 233–242.
  2. ^ a b Lygaeoidea Species File: genus Mizaldus Distant, 1901 (retrieved 20 November 2025)
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