Tripanda (Tripanda) longiceps ( Villiers, 1967 )

Kment, Petr, Jindra, Zdeněk & Rider, David A., 2014, New synonymies and new records of Afrotropical and Madagascan Pentatominae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Pentatomidae), Zootaxa 3866 (3), pp. 371-397 : 376-377

Tripanda (Tripanda) longiceps ( Villiers, 1967)

Derila longiceps Villiers, 1967: 1794 –1795, Fig. 6 (description, photo of holotype, faunistics). Holotype: ♀, Republic of the Congo, Odzala (MNHN).

Derila longiceps : Medler (1980): 124 (list).

Tripanda longiceps: Linnavuori (1982) : 8, 109–110, Figs 158f −g, 159a −b (new combination, key to species, figures of pygophore and paramere, faunistics); Robertson (2009): 166 (catalog).

Tripanda (Tripanda) longiceps: Kment & Jindra (2009) : 5−6, 8, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 24, 28, 30−32, 43, Figs 4 , 13–14 , 38–39, 66–67, 85, 88, 95, 102, 110, 128–129, 132–133, 146 (key to species, redescription, figures, faunistics).

Material examined. CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Lamaboké, 7. iv.1966, 1 ♀, R. Pujol lgt. ( MNHN); 2. iv.1973, 1 ♂, P. Teocchi lgt. ( MNHN); Oubangi-Chari: Bangui, i/ iii.1968, 1 ♂, ex coll. Breuning ( MRAC).— DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO: Congo belge: Laugna, no date, 1 ♀, coll. Schouteden ( MRAC). Bas-Congo: Luki Biosphere Res., Mayombe, Bas Congo, 05°37′16.7″S 13°05′54.8″E, 266 m a.s.l., canopy fogging, fogging 3, 10. xi.2006, 1 ♀, 16. ix.2007, 1 ♀, D. De Bakker & J. P. Michiels lgt. ( ISNB).— GABON: Belinga 84, 10. ii.1963, 1 ♀, Mission Biologique au Gabon P.P. Grasse Directeur, H. Coiffait lgt. ( MNHN).— IVORY COAST: Rég. de Tai, village de Gouleako, biotope no. 21, frondaison [= foliage], forêt secondaire de 17 ans [= secondary forest 17 years old], 12. ii.1985, 1 ♂, G. Couturier & V. van Zeijst lgt. ( MNHN).— REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO: Sibiti, Mission A. Descarpentries et A. Villiers 1963−1964, xi.1963, 1 ♂, A. Descarpentries & A. Villiers lgt. ( MNHN).

Bionomics. Collected in foliage of a secondary forest (17 years old) in Ivory Coast (this paper).

Distribution. Central African Republic ( Kment & Jindra 2009; this paper), Democratic Republic of the Congo ( Medler 1980, as Zaire, without exact locality; confirmed record), Gabon (new record); Ghana ( Kment & Jindra 2009), Guinea ( Kment & Jindra 2009), Ivory Coast ( Linnavuori 1982; this paper), Republic of the Congo ( Villiers 1967; this paper).

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 4. 1 — Leridella kenyensis Jeannel, 1913, ♀, Nairobi, Muguga, 15.2 mm (BMNH); 2 — Tripanda (T.) jurickorum Kment & Jindra, 2009, ♂, Gabon, Belinga, 9.0 mm (MNHN); 3 — Paralerida bolivari (Schouteden, 1904) (MRAC); 4 — P. niokana Linnavuori, 1982, ♂, holotype, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ituri, Nioka, 14 mm (MRAC). (Photo: P. Kment).

FIGURES 12 – 15. Humria bimaculicollis Linnavuori, 1975: 12 — ♂, South Africa, Nylsvley P. N. R., 8.8 mm (NMWC); 13 — ♀, Zambia, Lumawana East env., 10.1 mm (NHMW); 14 — ♂, Zambia, Kalambo Falls, 8.3 mm (ZJPC); 15 — ♂, Yemen, Al Kowd, 6.5 mm (NMPC). (Photo: P. Kment).