Tripanda (Tenerva) decorata ( Jensen-Haarup, 1937 )

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 : 378

Tripanda (Tenerva) decorata ( Jensen-Haarup, 1937)

Veterna decorata Jensen-Haarup, 1937: 322 (description, faunistics). Lectotype: ♂, Namibia, Tanga (ZMUH) (designated Kment & Jindra 2009: 39 ).

Veterna decorata : Weidner (1972): 124 (list of types).

Tripanda signitenens (misidentification): Linnavuori & van Harten (2002): 184 (faunistics); Linnavuori & van Harten (2006): 173 (faunistics); Rider (2006): 264 (catalogue).

Tripanda (Tenerva) decorata: Kment & Jindra (2009) : 5−7, 9−12, 14, 16−18, 24, 38−43, Figs 8 , 18–20 , 25–26 , 31 , 45–49, 51–52, 56, 72–75, 79, 83, 93, 100, 104, 117, 136–137, 140–146 (new combination, lectotype designation, key to species, redescription, figures, faunistics); Aukema et al. (2013): 448 (catalog).

Material examined. KENYA: E of Mwingi, 15. v.2007, 1 ♀, M. Halada lgt. ( ACPI); E, E 729, Sosomo, 202 km E of Thika, I.G. 31.175, 26. iv.2008, 1 ♂, M. Snížek lgt. ( ISNB).— OMAN: Dhofar Province: Rakhut, 55 m a.s.l., 16°45′N 53°24′E, 11. iv.2013, 1 ♀, J. Halada lgt. ( ACPI).— SOUTH AFRICA: Limpopo Province: 70 km NE Polokwane, 23°34′S, 29°52′E, 1150 m a.s.l., 10. xii.2009, 1 ♀, J. Halada lgt. ( ZJPC).— TANZANIA: Tanganyika: Matumbi Highlands, Base Camp, 8°19′00″S 38°57′56″E, 750 ft. [= 229 m a.s.l.], 25. xi.1989, 1 ♀, W. R. B. Hynd lgt. ( BMNH).

Distribution. Kenya (new record), Namibia ( Jensen-Haarup 1937, Kment & Jindra 2009), South Africa ( Kment & Jindra 2009; this paper), Tanzania: Tanganyika (new record), Zambia ( Kment & Jindra 2009), Zimbabwe ( Kment & Jindra 2009); Oman: Dhofar Province (new record), Yemen (Linnavuori & van Harten 2002, 2006, as T. signitenens ; Kment & Jindra 2009).

Note. In MNHN there is one female specimen from Mali: ‘Moyen Niger, Bammako, 1900, A. Chevalier lgt.’ which is most similar to T. decorata , however, without examination of additional male specimen it is not possible to decide if it represents variability of this species or an additional undescribed species.

Figures

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).

FIGURES 25 – 29. Aesula viridissima (Signoret, 1861): 25 – 27 — ♂, lectotype, 12.0 mm (NHMW) (25 — dorsal view, 26 — ventral view, 27 — labels); 28 — ♀, Madagascar, Zombitse N. P., Ambakintany forest, 14.2 mm (MMBC); 29 — ♂, var. scutellata Day, 1965, Madagascar, Zombitse N. P., Ambakintany forest, 12.0 mm (MMBC). (Photo: P. Kment).

FIGURES 30 – 32. Aesula viridissima (Signoret, 1861), ♂, paralectotype (NHMW): 30 — dorsal view, 31 — ventral view, 32 — lateral view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm. (SEM micrographs: P. Kment).