The rose chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) of Angola: a descriptive checklist with new records and synonymic notes
Author
Serrano, Artur R. M.
Author
Capela, Rúben A.
Author
Nunes, Telmo
Author
Santos, Carmen Van-Dú- Nem Neto
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Zootaxa
2020
2020-05-12
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journal article
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Lissogenius ertli
Moser, 1911
(
Fig. 13h
)
Distribution
: ANG, DOC.
Distribution in
Angola
(Provinces):
1) HUA; 2)
BIE
, MAL.
Historic records:
—Bailundo (HUA) (
Moser 1911
).
—
Angola
(without locality) (
Ferreira 1965
,
Sakai & Nagai 1998
).
New localities reported
:
Calucinga
(coord. not available,
1766 m
alt., 189) (
BIE
),
17.XI.2013
,
1 ex.
,
P. Schüle
leg., PMC (
P. Malec
, personal communication)
.
Material examined:
Angola
,
1 ex.
, Nº 1907 (blue label), old collection, box nº XIV-83, MZUC;
Mumbué
(
5 km
SE
) (
13º 53´55.86´´ S
,
17º 23´12.68´´ E
,
1622 m
alt., 303) (
BIE
),
5.IV.2014
,
2♀
, DO,
A. Serrano
leg., ASC;
Kibundi
(
08º 54´33.31´´ S
,
16º 03´15.71´´ E
,
1170m
alt., 95) (
MAL
),
19.XI.2017
,
1♂
, LT, A. Serrano & R. Capela leg., ASC.
Remarks.
The species was originally described from
Angola
based on one specimen (
Moser 1911
), but later was recorded for DOC (
Basilewsky 1956
).
Sakai & Nagai (1998)
recorded the species for
Cameroon
and provided a photo of a specimen (Pl. 142, Fig. 32). However, considering the conformation of pronotum, it seems that the identification is incorrect. Our adult specimens fit very well the original description. While the Mumbué specimens were captured in rotten wood (
e.g.
Fig. 1d
) with
Formicidae
(not identified), Zygentoma (not identified) and the ant nest
beetle
Paussus
(
Crenatopaussus
)
scaliger
Reichensperger, 1926
, the Kibundi specimen was collectd by LT, all in secondary open forests.
Basilewsky (1956)
provided some ecological remarks on
Lissogenius
which are according with our observations. Biological data are not available. It is a new record for the
Malanje
and
Bié
Provinces.