Pentatoma niokana, Linnavuori, 1982

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 : 373

Paralerida niokana Linnavuori, 1982

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Paralerida niokana Linnavuori, 1982: 107 , 110−112, Figs 156b, 159g,h, 163a,b (key; description; figures of scutellum, metapleuron, pygopghore, and paramere; faunistics). Holotype: ♂, ‘ Zaire [= Democratic Republic of the Congo]: Ituri, Nioka, II.1932, J. Leroy’ (MRAC).

Paralerida niokana : Robertson (2009): 167 (catalog).

Material examined. UGANDA: Ruwenzori Range, Semliki Forest, 2850 ft [= 869 m a.s.l.], 22.viii.−3. ix.1952, 1 ♂, D. S. Fletcher lgt. ( BMNH).

Distribution: Democratic Republic of the Congo ( Linnavuori 1982), Uganda (new record).

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).