Reduviinae Latreille, 1807

Guilbert, Eric & Chłond, Dominik, 2009, The Reduviidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of Ipassa Reserve (Makokou, Gabon), Zootaxa 2157, pp. 34-42 : 38-39

Reduviinae Latreille, 1807

Acanthapsis bilineolata (Palisot de Beauvois, 1805)

Material examined: 4 specimens, Makokou, 15-IV / 12-V-1971, light trap; 3 specimens, Makokou, 15-III / 21-V-1971, 1 specimens, Ipassa, 5-IV-1971, Mateu leg.; 1 specimen, Ipassa, 20-IV-1971. 2 specimens, 10/ 15- X-1973, Bernardi coll.

Comments: This species is known from Gabon from Belinga and Libreville, and first recorded here from Ipassa Reserve. It is also known from Cameroon, Congo-Brazzaville, Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea, Kenya, Nigeria, Bioko Island ( Equatorial Guinea), Somalia.

Cerilocus inermipes Stål, 1859

Material examined: 1 specimen, Makokou, 30-IV-1971, Light trap, MNHN.

Comments: This species is recorded from Gabon and Ipassa Reserve for the first time. It is known from Cameroon, Congo-Brazzaville, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea, and Ivory Coast.

Khafra elegans (Breddin, 1903)

Material examined: 1 specimen, Makokou, IV/ V-1963, Bernardi coll.; 1 specimen Makokou, 16-V-1971, MNHN; 1 specimen, Ipassa 2-IV-1973, MNHN.

Comments: This species is recorded from Gabon and Ipassa Reserve for the first time. It is also known from Bioko Island, Congo-Brazzaville, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Guinea, and Ivory Coast.

Platymicrus capitainei Villiers, 1966

Material examined: 3 specimens, Makokou, Ipassa, 5-IV, 10-V-1971, Mateu coll., MNHN. Comments: This species was only known from the holotype from Congo-Brazzaville. It is recorded from Gabon and Ipassa Reserve here for the first time.

Plynoides breddini (Valera, 1904)

Material examined: 2 specimens, Makokou, 28-IV, 31-V-1971, light trap, MNHN. Comments: This species is known from Angola, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, and Senegal. It is recorded here from Gabon and Ipassa Reserve for the first time.

Psytalla horrida (Stål, 1866)

Material examined: 3 specimens Makokou, 30-IV-1971, 15, 18-V-1971, ligth trap; 2 specimens, Ipassa, 2- IV-1973, Bernardi coll., MNHN.

Comments: This species is already known from Gabon (Belinga) and also from Ipassa (23-III-1963, Coiffait coll.) ( Villiers 1967). It is known also from Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Republic of Central Africa, and widespread in tropical Africa ( Villiers 1968).

Recicolus poecilus (Breddin, 1903)

Material examined: 1 specimen, Ipassa, 31-VII-1971, Mateu coll., MNHN. Comments: This species, already known from Congo-Brazzaville, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Cameroon, is recorded here for the first time from Gabon and Ipassa Reserve.

Sphedanovarus camerunensis Beddin, 1903

Material examined: 3 specimens, Ipassa Makokou, 10-V, 3-IV, 5-IV-1971, Mateu coll., 1 specimen, Makokou, 15-IV-1971, light trap, MNHN.

Comments: This species is already known from Gabon (Belinga, Bengoué), and now recorded here from Ipassa Reserve for the first time. It is also known from Bioko Island, Bissau-Guinea, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Republic of Central Africa, Congo-Brazzaville, Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Senegal, and “ German Oriental Africa” (as labeled).

Tetroxia escalerae (Varela, 1903)

Material examined: 1 specimen, Ipassa, Makokou, 30-V-1971, light trap, Mateu coll., MNHN. Comments: Already known from Cameroon, Congo-Brazzaville, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Uganda, this species is recorded here from Gabon and Ipassa Reserve for the first time.

Tetroxia spinifera (Palisot de Beauvois, 1805)

Material examined: 3 specimens, Makokou, 28-IV, 14-V, 31-VII-1971, light trap; 1 specimen, 10/ 15-X- 1967, Bernardi coll., MNHN.

Comments: This species is recorded from Gabon and Ipassa Reserve for the first time. It is also known from Benin, Bioko Island, Cameroon, Congo-Brazzaville, Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea, Nigeria, Republic of Chad, and Togo.