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.
About fifteen species are known in the genus.
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)
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