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
4776
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journal article
22232
10.11646/zootaxa.4776.1.1
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Gnathocera cruda cruda
Janson, 1877
Distribution
: ANG, DOC, KEN, MAW, TAN.
Distribution in
Angola
(Provinces):
1) MAL.
Historic records:
—
Angola
(without locality) (
Janson 1877b
);
—Malange (=
Malanje
) (MAL) (
Quedenfeldt 1884
);
—
Angola
(without locality) (
Ferreira 1965
);
—
Angola
(without locality) (
Antoine 2002a
).
FIGURE 21.
Cetoniinae
species of Angola. a,
Eudicella
(
Eudicella
)
tetraspilota
tetraspilota
(dorsal view), and associated labels, male, MZUC; b,
Eudicella
(
E.
)
tetraspilota
tetraspilota
(dorsal view), male, MZUC; c,
Eudicella
(
E.
)
tetraspilota
tetraspilota
(dorsal view), and associated labels, male, MZUC; d,
Eudicella
(
E.
)
tetraspilota
tetraspilota
(dorsal view), female, MZUC; f and g,
Eudicella
(
E.
)
tetraspilota
tetraspilota
(dorsal views), males, Lumeje, MOX, ABSC; h,
Eudicella
(
E.
)
tetraspilota
tetraspilota
(dorsal view), female, Lumeje, MOX, ABSC; i,
Gnathocera angolensis angolensis
(dorsal view), male, MZUC.
Material examined:
none.
Remarks.
Krajcik (2008a)
recognized five subspecies, but this is not consensual. For instance,
Beinhundner (2017a)
listed nine subspecies.
Janson (1877b)
described the species based on specimens from “Livingstonia, Lake Nyassa”. The synonimization of
G. cruda cruda
with
G. cruda
var.
major
Kolbe, 1897
is probably erroneous (see
Antoine 2002a
). The latter taxon was described on the basis of a misinterpreted
G. cruda
, but similar to
G. cruda leopoldi
Bourgoin, 1929
. The presence of
G. cruda cruda
in
Angola
must be considered with some caution (S. Rojkoff, personal communication) (but see remarks under next taxa). Ecological data are not available for this species.