Pentatoma vittaticeps, (Stal, 1858), Stal, 1858

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 : 378-380

Andocides vittaticeps ( Stål, 1858)

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Pentatoma vittaticeps Stål, 1858: 314 (description, faunistics). Syntype (s): ♂, Namibia: ‘In tractibus arenosis fluvii Swakop’ [= in sandy arcs of the river Swakop] (NHRS).

Pentatoma (Veterna) vittaticeps: Stål (1865) : 159−160 (redescription, faunistics).

Pentatoma vittaticeps: Walker (1867b) : 295 (catalog, faunistics).

Andocides vittaticeps : Stål (1876): 57, 76 (key to genera, new combination, catalog); Lethierry & Severin (1893): 130 (catalog); Kirkaldy (1909): 69 (catalog); Schumacher (1913): 53 (taxonomy, list); Hesse (1925): 22 (list); Hesse (1935): 587 (faunistics); Robertson (2009): 161 (catalog).

Andocides vittaticeps var. viridescens Schumacher, 1913: 53 –54 (description, faunistics). Syntypes: ♂♀, South Africa: Northern Cape: ‘Klein-Namaland [= Little Namaqualand]: Kamaggas, Juli 1904, Schultze; Steinkopf, [45 km NNW of Springbok], Juli 1904, Schultze’ (?ZMHB); new synonym.

Andocides vittaticeps var. viridescens: Robertson (2009) : 161 (catalog)

Material examined. ANGOLA: Lobito, iii.1934, 1 ♂, K. Jordan lgt., D. Leston det. ( BMNH).— NAMIBIA: D.S.W. Afrika, Spitzkoppe, 9. i.1912, 1 ♀, S. G. Pueschal lgt. ( ZMHB); Fish River Canyon, on Plateau, 11. i.1993, 1 ♂, F. Koch lgt. ( ZMHB); Hardap distr., 7 km W Mariental, Koha guest house, 1250 m a.s.l., 1.−10. i.2012, 5 ♀♀, S. Murzin lgt. ( NMPC, ZJPC); S. W. Africa, Okahandja, 2.–4. ii.1972, 2 ♀♀, Southern African Exp. ( BMNH); S. W. Africa, Swakopmund, general sweeping, 26.–30. i.1972, 1 ♀, Southern African Exp. ( BMNH).— SOUTH AFRICA: Eastern Cape: Cape Province, Aliwal North, i.1978, 1 ♀, S. J. v. Tonder & C. Kok lgt. ( TMSA); Cape Province, Somerset East, x.1930, 1 ♀, 10.–22. xii.1930, 1 ♀, R. E. Turner lgt. ( BMNH); Tsitsikamma Forest and Coastal National Park (34°11′S 24°29′E), 28.iv.−1. v.1995, 1 ♀, Göllner lgt. ( ZMHB). Northern Cape: Cape Province, Calvinia, 11.–16. xi.1931, 1 ♂ 2 ♀♀ 1 spec., A. Mackie lgt. ( BMNH); Cape Province, Doorn River, 3. xi.1931, 1 ♀, L. Ogilvie lgt. ( BMNH); Cape Province, Nieuwoudtville, 18.–22. xi.1931, 1 ♂, T. D. A. Cockerell lgt. ( BMNH); Namakwaland, 4 km E Kamieskroon, 2. x.1972, 1 ♀, H. D. Brown, E. Koster & A. Prinsloo lgt. ( TMSA); Namaqual[and], Spectakel., 1 ♀ ( BMNH); Colesberg, Orange riv. vall., r.[oad] N1, 25. xi.2002, 1 ♀, M. Snížek lgt. ( NHMW); N. Cape SE, 47 km N of Kimberley, 1160 m a.s.l., 27. xii.2007, 5 ♂♂ 1 ♀, M. Snížek lgt. ( ISNB, NMPC). Northern/Western Cape: Cape Provnce, Van Rhyn’s Pass, 11.–21.xi.1931, T. D. A. Cockerell lgt. ( BMNH). Western Cape: Cape Province, Little Karoo, 38 m. E. of Ceres, 17.–25. xi.1924, 1 ♂ (newly hatched), R. E. Turner lgt. ( BMNH); Cape Province, Matjesfontein, 6.–15. x.1928, 1 ♂ 2 ♀♀, 22.−23. x.1928, 1 ♀, 25.—30.x., 1928, 2 ♂♂, 1.–6. xi.1928, 1 ♂ 1 ♀, 14.–27. xi.1928, 2 ♀♀, R. E. Turner lgt. ( BMNH); Cape Provnce, Mossel Bay, xii.1934, 1 ♂, 12. xi.1938, 1 ♂, 28. xi.1938, 1 ♂, 2. xii.1938, 1 ♀, R. E. Turner lgt. ( BMNH); Cape Provnce, Outdshoorn, 31.x.–2. xi.1931, 1 ♂, 12. xi.1938, 1 ♂, A. Mackie lgt. ( BMNH); Cape Province, Prince Albert, Tierberg (33.12S 22.16E), 5. ix.1991, 1 ♂ 1 ♀, W. R. J. and S. J. Dean lgt. ( TMSA); Cape Provnce, Prince Albert Rd., xi.1931, 1 ♂, R. E. Turner lgt. ( BMNH); Cape Province, Worcester, 27.–30. iii.1921, 1 ♂ 2 ♀♀, R. E. Turner lgt. ( BMNH); Cape Colony, Clan Willem, no details, 1 ♂ 1 ♀ ( BMNH); Clan-William, no date, 1 ♂ 1 ♀, Peninguey lgt., Distant Coll. ( BMNH); Olifants River, 3 mls W Clanwilliam, 6. i.1972, 1 ♂, Southern African Exp. ( BMNH); Western Cape Pr., De Vlug, Princ Albert Pass, 3. xi.2008, 1 ♀, M. Klícha lgt. ( NMPC); W Cape, K[lein] Karoo mer., Langberg env., 24. xi.2002, 1 ♂, M. Snížek lgt. ( NMWC); Wilderness National Park, 11.−12. x.1993, 1 ♂, F. Koch lgt. ( ZMHB). Free State: NW, W of Bothaville, Vaal river, 24. xii.2008, 2 ♀♀, M. Snížek lgt. ( ISNB). North West: Transvaal, Rustenburg Nature Reserve (25.40S 27.12E), 17.−20. iii.1980, 1 ♂, C. G. E. Moolman lgt. ( TMSA). KwaZulu-Natal: Durban, no date, 1 ♂, Bell Marley lgt., Distant Coll. ( BMNH).

Distribution. Angola (new record), Botswana ( Hesse 1935), Namibia ( Stål 1865; Hesse 1925, as Damaraland; this paper), South Africa ( Stål 1865, Walker 1867b, Lethierry & Severin 1893).

Note. Schumacher (1913) characterized his new variety, viridescens, by body of grey-green ground colour with fine, black, only slightly prominent punctures; body venter and legs mostly grey-green; basal angles of scutellum with one much smaller grey-green callosity. The nominotypical form has body of grey-yellow ground colour with prominent punctures and callosities in basal angles of scutellum larger ( Schumacher 1913). The variety viridescens was described from two localities in Northern Cape province of South Africa, however, Schumacher (1913) noted that also the nominotypical form occurs in Cape Colony. Considering the examined specimens, var. viridescens fits within the infraspecific variability of A. vittatus ; e.g., the sample of specimens from the locality ‘ 47 km N of Kimberley’ included a specimen with inconspicous puncturation, appearing pale yellowish, as well as dark appearing specimens with prominent black puncturation. Considering all the evidence, we propose the following new synonymy: Andocides vittaticeps (Stål, 1853) = Andocides vittaticeps var. viridescens Schumacher, 1913 , syn. nov.