Tripanda (Tripanda) signitenens ( Distant, 1898 )

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 : 377

Tripanda (Tripanda) signitenens ( Distant, 1898)

Panda signitenens Distant, 1898: 296 , 300 (description, faunistics). Lectotype: ♀, South Africa, Transvaal, Pretoria (BMNH) (designated by Kment & Jindra 2009: 33).

Tripanda signitenens: Bergroth (1908) : 164 (catalog); Kirkaldy (1909): 70 (catalog); Leston (1952): 515 (faunistics; accepted).

Tripanda signitenens (partim): Linnavuori (1982): 8, 110 (key to species, distribution (partim); revised!); Rider (2006): 264 (catalogue); Robertson (2009): 166 (catalog; partim).

Tripanda (Tripanda) signitenens: Kment & Jindra (2009) : 5−8, 10−11, 13, 15−17, 20, 24, 26, 28, 33−35, 42−43, Figs 5–6, 15–16, 23, 27, 29–30, 40–41, 50, 57–59, 68–69, 86, 89, 96, 99, 103, 111–114, 120–121, 130–131, 142–143, 146 (lectotype designation, key to species, redescription, figures, faunistics).

Material examined. DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO: Katanga: Elisabethville [= Lumumbashi], 10. xi.1925, 1 ♂ 1 ♀, R. P. Lamoral lgt. ( MRAC); Lualaba, Kolwezi, 8. xi.1952, 2 ♀♀, Mme. Gilbert; 1961/1962, 2 ♂♂ 1 ♀, V. Allard lgt. ( MRAC). Orientale: Ituri: Bunia, vii.1937, on Coffea , 1 ♀, H. J. Brédo lgt. ( MRAC).— MOZAMBIQUE: Beira, xii.1928, 1 ♂, P. Lesne lgt. ( MNHN).— SOUTH AFRICA: Kwazulu-Natal Province: 25 km S Pongola, 27°34′S, 31°35′E, 510 m a.s.l., 25. i.2010, 1 ♀, J. Halada lgt. ( ZJPC); Natal, Durban, xi.–xii.1901, 1 ♂, H. W. Bell Marley lgt. ( BMNH). 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). Mpumalanga Province: 20 km NNE of Ohrigstad, 24°35′07″S 30°37′54″E, 2.–3. xii.2009, 1 ♂ 1 ♀, O. Šafránek lgt. ( MMBC). North West: Transvaal, Pretoria, 7. i.1950, 1 ♂, F. Zumpt ( USNM); Transvaal, Rustenburg, 8.−15. xi.1948, 1 ♀, A. L. Capener lgt. ( USNM).— ZAMBIA: Rhodésie du Nord, Abercorn [= Mbala], I.G. 15.333, 15. xii.1943, 1 ♂, 4. iv.1944, 1 ♂, H. J. Bredo lgt. ( ISNB); NE, E of Chisasa, W of Solwezi, 24. x.2008, 1 ♀, M. Snížek lgt. ( ISNB); NE, 70 km E of Solwezi, 7. xi.2008, 2 ♂♂ 1 ♀, M. Snížek lgt. ( ISNB).

Bionomics. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo it was collected on Coffea sp. ( Rubiaceae ).

Distribution. Angola ( Linnavuori 1982, listed without exact locality; Kment & Jindra 2009), Democratic Republic of the Congo: Katanga (new record), Mozambique (new record), South Africa ( Distant 1898; Leston 1952; Kment & Jindra 2009; this paper), Tanzania ( Kment & Jindra 2009), Zambia ( Kment & Jindra 2009; this paper). The occurrence in Angola should be further confirmed by examination of male specimens (see Kment & Jindra 2009).