Harpactorinae

Guilbert, Eric & Chłond, Dominik, 2009, The Reduviidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of Ipassa Reserve (Makokou, Gabon), Zootaxa 2157, pp. 34-42 : 36-38

Harpactorinae Amyot & Serville, 1843

Authenta ferranti Schouteden, 1911

Material examined: 1 specimen, Ipassa, 20-IX-2006, 00°31.021'N 12°48.043'E 523m, Guilbert & Picart coll., MNHN.

Comments: This species is already known from Gabon (Belinga, Komo, Monts de Cristal, Sibang), but is first recorded in Ipassa Reserve here. It is also known from Angola, Cameroon, Republic of Central Africa, Congo-Brazzaville, Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea, and Ivory Coast. It is probably widespread around the Guinean Gulf ( Villiers 1983a).

Authenta flaviventris Bergroth, 1894

Material examined: 1 specimen, 17-IX-2006, 00°30.008’N 12°48.088’E, 529m, Guilbert & Picart coll., MNHN.

Comments: This species is already known from Gabon, without any more precise locality. It is also known from Cameroon, Republic of Central Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, and Ivory Coast. It is probably widespread around the Guinean Gulf ( Villiers 1983a).

Harpagocoris perspectans Bergroth, 1903

Comments: This species is already known from Ipassa Reserve by specimens collected by H. Coiffait in 1963 ( Villiers 1982b). It is also known from Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Guinea.

Mastigonomus roubaudi Villiers, 1948

Comments: This species was described partly on the basis of specimens from Gabon. Specimens were later reported from the Ipassa Reserve based on material collected by J. Mateu between April and May 1970 and between February and May 1971 ( Villiers 1982a). It is also known from Congo-Brazzaville.

Odontogonus mayumbensis Schouteden, 1932

Material examined: 1 specimen, 18-IX-2006, 00°30.954'N, 12°47.691'E, 482m, Guilbert & Picart coll., MNHN.

Comments: This species is known from Angola, Cameroon, Congo-Brazzaville, Democratic Republic of Congo; and is now recorded from Gabon and Ipassa Reserve for the first time.

Pisilus tipuliformis (Fabricius, 1794)

Material examined: 2 specimens; Makokou, 15-XII-1973, Balachowsky & Menier coll., MNHN.

Comments: This species is already known from Gabon (Libreville, Mont de Cristal 400m), but recorded here in Ipassa Reserve for the first time. It is also known from Angola, Cameroon, Congo-Brazzaville, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Malawi, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Sudan, Togo, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. It is widespread in all the Guinean gulf and in tropical Africa ( Villiers 1968). The specimens examined by us belong to var. marginalis Palisot de Beauvois, 1807.

Rhynocoris bicolor (Fabricius, 1781)

Material examined: 1 specimen, Makokou, 29/ 30-XI-1973, Balachowsky & Menier coll.

Comments: This species is recorded here from Gabon and Ipassa Reserve for the first time. It is also known from Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Nigeria, Republic of Chad, Sao Tomé, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Togo, Uganda, and is widespread in all of tropical Africa ( Villiers 1968). The specimen examined by us belongs to var. picta Schouteden, 1932 .

Rhynocoris imperialis Stål, 1859

Material examined: 1 specimen, Ipassa Reserve, 17-IX-2006, 00°30.008’N 12°48.088’E, 529 m, Guilbert & Picart coll., MNHN.

Comments: This species is already known from Gabon and especially from Ipassa Reserve (collected in VI 1971 by Mateu) (Villiers 1982). It is also known from Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, otherwise it is widespread in Occidental and Central Africa (Villiers 1973).

Sphedanolestes lativentris Villiers, 1982

Comments: This species was described on the basis of a single specimen collected by J. Mateu between February and May 1971 in Ipassa Reserve ( Villiers 1982a). It has not been recorded elsewhere.

Sphedanolestes mateui Villiers, 1982

Comments: This species was described on the basis of seven specimens collected by J. Mateu between February and May 1971 in Ipassa Reserve ( Villiers 1982a). It has not been recorded elsewhere.

Vestula lineaticeps (Signoret, 1858)

Material examined: 1 specimen, 17-IX-2006, 00°30.008’N 12°48.088’E, 529m, Guilbert & Picart coll., MNHN; 2 specimens, 23 IX 2006, 00°57.236'N, 13°11.049'E, 487m, Guilbert & Picart coll., MNHN.

Comments: This species is known from Gabon but first recorded here in Ipassa Reserve. It is also known from Cameroon, Congo-Brazzaville, Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Benin, Senegal, and Togo. Villiers (1968) considers it as of a Guinean gulf distribution and restricted to forests ( Villiers 1969). The specimens examined by us belong to var. pauperata Stål, 1866 .

Zostus acutus (Palisot de Beauvois, 1807)

Material examined: 1 specimen F, 24-IX-2006; 3 specimens, Makokou, Novembre 1973, Balachowsky & Menier coll.

Comments: This species is already known from Gabon from Ipassa Reserve (collected in II-V 1971 by Mateu), Komo, and Mvoum (Villiers 1982). It is also known from Bioko Island, Cameroon, Congo- Brazzaville, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Nigeria.