Lerida bolivari, (Schouteden, 1904)

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 : 373

Paralerida bolivari ( Schouteden, 1904)

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Lerida Bolivari Schouteden, 1904: 146 −147 (description, faunistics). Syntypes (2 ♀♀): ♀, Nigeria: ‘Biafra’; ♀, Cameroon: ‘Kámerun’ (MNMS?, MRAC?).

Lerida bolivari: Bergroth (1907) : 146 (differential diagnosis); Kirkaldy (1909): 70 (catalog).

Lerida Bolivari: Bergroth (1908) : 164 (catalog); Schouteden (1958): 174 (faunistics).

Paralerida bolivari : Linnavuori (1982): 9, 107−108, 111−112, Figs 156c, 157a, 161a, 162a,b, 163c, d (new combination; key; redescription; figures of head, pronotum, metapleuron, pygophore, paramere, and spermatheca; faunistics); Robertson (2009): 167 (catalog).

Material examined. CAMEROON: Br. Cameroons, Mamfe, 22.−24. i.1949, 2 ♂♂ 1 ♀, B. Malkin lgt. ( DARC); Mamfe, Exped. Mus. G. Frey, Nigeria-Kamerun Bechyne 1955−56, 4. xii.1955, 1 ♂, Bechyně lgt. ( BMNH).— REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO: Congo-Brazzaville, Lefinie reservation, Nambouli river, No. 597, beaten in forest, 7. i.1964, 1 ♂; No. 659, beaten and singled in galery forest, 12. i.1964, 1 ♀, both Balogh & Zicsi lgt. ( HNHM).— UGANDA: Taro, 15. vii.1912, 1 ♀, B. B. Sowdey lgt. ( BMNH).

Distribution: Africa: Cameroon ( Schouteden 1904), Democratic Republic of the Congo ( Schouteden 1958, Linnavuori 1982), Nigeria ( Schouteden 1904), Republic of the Congo (new record), Uganda (new record). Erroneously mentioned from Equatorial Guinea by Schouteden (1958).

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 4. 1 — Leridella kenyensis Jeannel, 1913, ♀, Nairobi, Muguga, 15.2 mm (BMNH); 2 — Tripanda (T.) jurickorum Kment & Jindra, 2009, ♂, Gabon, Belinga, 9.0 mm (MNHN); 3 — Paralerida bolivari (Schouteden, 1904) (MRAC); 4 — P. niokana Linnavuori, 1982, ♂, holotype, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ituri, Nioka, 14 mm (MRAC). (Photo: P. Kment).