Chauvinia nyanga Rousse & van Noort, 2013

Figs 12C–D, 13B, 17–18

Chauvinia nyanga Rousse & van Noort in Rousse et al., 2013: 21–26 (original description, key).

Chauvinia nyanga – Yu et al. 2016 (catalogue).

Original type series

Holotype: ♀, by original designation (ZMHB).

Paratypes: 1 ♂ (ZMHB); 1 ♀ (MRAC); 1 ♂ (NHMUK).

Type locality

Zimbabwe: Nyanga National Park.

Material examined

KENYA • 3 ♀♀; Karen, Nairobi; 6000 ft a.s.l.; Sep. 1971; B. Claridge det.; EMUS • 3 ♀♀; same collection data as for preceding; 2000 m a.s.l.; Oct. 1971; EMUS • 1 ♀, 5 ♂♂; same collection data as for preceding; May–Jun. 1972; EMUS • 1 ♀, 3 ♂♂; same label data as for preceding; Jan.–Mar. 1972; EMUS • 1 ♂; same label data as for preceding; Aug. 1972; EMUS • 4 ♀♀, 4 ♂♂; same label data as for preceding; 2000 m a.s.l.; Sep. 1972; EMUS • 2 ♀♀, 13 ♂♂; same label data as for preceding; Oct. 1972; EMUS • 2 ♀♀, 8 ♂♂; same label data as for preceding; Nov. 1972; EMUS • 2 ♀♀, 15 ♂♂; same label data as for preceding; Dec. 1972; EMUS .

Distribution

Democratic Republic of Congo; Uganda; Zimbabwe (Rousse et al. 2013); Kenya (new record) (Fig. 18A–B).

Remarks

In the original description, Rousse et al. (2013: 23) reported that the mesosoma is mostly black, with “ a longitudinal stripe on mesopleuron sometimes lightening to pale yellow ” (see Rousse et al. 2013: fig. 8e). However, the female specimens from Kenya here examined display a larger yellow area reaching the middle of the mesopleuron and extending to the mesosternum, at least partially (Fig. 17A–B).

The 67 specimens recorded from Kenya represent the first record for the country (Fig. 18A–B).