Tripanda (Tripanda) jurickorum Kment & Jindra, 2009

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

Tripanda (Tripanda) jurickorum Kment & Jindra, 2009

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Tripanda signitenens auct.: Villiers (1952b): 1209 (distribution (partim); accepted).

Tripanda (Tripanda) jurickorum Kment & Jindra, 2009: 5 −6, 8, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 24, 26−30, 43, Figs 3 , 11 , 22 , 36–37, 64–65, 84, 87, 94, 109, 119, 126–127, 146 (key to species, description, figures, faunistics). Holotype: ♂, Guinea, Mt. Nimba, Ziéla (MRAC).

Material examined. GABON: Belinga 101, 13. ii.1963, 1 ♀; Belinga 150, 25. ii.1963, 1 ♂; Belinga 155, 27. ii.1963, 1 ♂, Belinga 189, 7. iii.1963, 1 ♂; Belinga 222, 19. iii.1963, 1 ♀, Mission Biologique au Gabon P.P. Grasse Directeur, H. Coiffat lgt. ( MNHN); Belinga 227, 23. iii.1963, 1 ♂, Mission Biologique au Gabon P.P. Grasse Directeur, H. Coiffat lgt. ( NMPC).— IVORY COAST: Tai, frondaison [= foliage], 29. vi.1979, 1 ♂, G. Couturier lgt. ( MNHN); Tai, piége lumineux [= light trap], champ de riz [= rice field], 5. x.1978, 1 ♂, G. Couturier lgt. ( MNHN).

Variability. The examined specimens fit the original description of T. jurickorum . The specimens differ among themselves in the intensity of the reddish tinge on the body surface, ranging from pale brownish specimens without any tinge to specimens distinctly orange-reddish on the entire dorsal surface. Legs and body venter (♂♀) mostly pale yellowish with concolorous punctures, only in one male the punctures are red; corium in most of the specimens with conspicuous net-like pattern of anastomosing dark punctures.

Measurements (in mm). For consistency with Kment & Jindra (2009) the measurements are given without standardization. To get the absolute lengths, the following as well as all the measurements in that paper must be multiplied by 1.022.

Males (median (minimum −maximum); n = 4, for antennal segment IV n = 3). Body length 8.8 (8.6–9.5); head: length 1.95 (1.9–2.0), width 1.8 (1.7–1.8), interocular width 1.1 (1.1–1.1); lengths of antennal segments: I—0.5 (0.45–0.55), IIa—0.85 (0.8–0.9), IIb—0.725 (0.7–0.75), III—1.0 (0.95–1.0), IV—1.3 (1.25–1.3); pronotum: length 2.1 (2.0–2.3), width 6.2 (6.1–6.6); scutellum: length 3.45 (3.3–3.5), width 3.6 (3.5–3.8); abdomen width 5.6 (5.5–5.8).

Females (n = 2, for antennal segments III and IV n = 1). Body length 9.5 / 10.0; head: length 2.0 / 2.1, width 1.9 / 2.0, interocular width 1.2 / 1.3; lengths of antennal segments: I—0.5 / 0.45, IIa—0.9 / 0.95, IIb—0.8 / 0.85, III—– / 1.0, IV—– / 1.25; pronotum: length 2.2 / 2.4, width 6.8 / 7.1; scutellum: length 3.7 / 4.0, width 4.1 / 4.3; abdomen width 5.9 / 6.2.

Bionomics. Collected from foliage and by light trap installed at rice field in Ivory Coast (this paper).

Distribution. Gabon (new record), Guinea ( Villiers 1952b; Kment & Jindra 2009), Ivory Coast (new record). The female of Tripanda sp. from Gabon: Komo (see Kment & Jindra 2009) most probably belongs to this species.

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 8 – 11. 8 – 10 — Pseudolerida incerta (Schouteden, 1909: 8 – 9 — two ♀♀ from Republic of Congo, Mbila, both 9.0 mm; 11 — ♀, lectotype, Cameroon, Mundame (MRAC). 11 — Pseudolerida bitalensis Schouteden, 1958, ♀, holotype, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kivu, Bitale (MRAC). (Photo: P. Kment).

FIGURES 16 – 23. Humria bimaculicollis Linnavuori, 1975, ♂, Zambia, Kalambo Falls (NMPC): 16 — head and pronotum, ventral view (magnification 27 ×); 17 — metapleuron with evaporatorium and peritreme (45 ×); 18 – 19 — pygophore (18 — caudal view, 95 ×; 19 — lateral view, 90 ×); 20 – 23 — paramere, different views, 190 ×). Scale bars: 0.2 mm (Figs 20 – 23), 0.5 (Figs 17 – 19), 1 mm (Fig. 16). (SEM micrographs: P. Kment).