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.