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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Pseudinca fradei
(
Gomes Alves, 1973
)
,
new combination
(
Figs. 16d, e, f, g, h
)
Distribution
: ANG.
Distribution in
Angola
(Provinces):
1) MOX.
Historic records:
—Fazenda Stª Cruz (Luso=Luena) (MOX) (
Gomes Alves 1973
sub
Ruteroides fradei
Gomes Alves
).
Material examined:
Luso (=Luena) (Fazenda Stª Cruz) (
11º 46´S
,
20º 06´E
,
1280 m
alt., 219) (
MOX
),
24.X.1958
,
1 ♂
, Nº 3035,
Holotypus
(red label),
Ruteroides fradei
Gomes Alves
det. 1973,
Estudos Apícolas do Ultramar
,
Junta de Investigações Coloniais
, IICT, MUHNAC
.
Remarks.
An endemic species of
Angola
whose original description was based on a male specimen, under the genus
Ruteroides
(
Gomes Alves 1973
)
. This author referred that the specimen was observed by Ruter, who postulated that probably it should belong to a new genus near
Porphyronota
. However, we conclude that
Ruteroides
is similar to
Pseudinca
(see comments on this genus).
Pseudinca fradei
new combination
is close to
Pseudinca rufulus
Kolbe, 1914
,
Pseudinca variatus
Bourgoin, 1921
and
Pseudinca striatus
Valck Lucassen, 1933
, but can be segregated from them by some morphological characters such as clypeus without longitudinal ridge, the shape of clypeal anterior edge (slightly raised and straight) (
Fig. 16e
), the discal punctuation of pronotum (distinct and sparse) (
Fig. 16e
), the sutural round angle (not acute) of elytra (
Fig. 16d
), the shape of mesosternal apophysis and the punctuation of abdominal segments (
Fig. 16f
), among others. In Beinhundner’s monograph (2017a: 594), the authorship of names
Ruteroides
and
Ruteroides fradei
is incorrect (Goméz Alvéz must be spelled as Gomes Alves). Moreover, in the same monograph (p. 594, lines 9 and 13), just before the
Gomes Alves (1973)
references and after the genus and the species “Description”, the names
Myodermidius
and
Myodermidius rohani
are given, respectively. However, both taxa are not mentioned anywhere in
Gomes Alves (1973)
work.
Beinhundner (2017a)
indicates Republic
Guinea
for the distribution of this species, which is incorrect also. Biological and ecological data are not available for this species.