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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10.11646/zootaxa.4776.1.1
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Plagiochilus crassipes
(Westwood, 1873)
(
Fig. 13a
)
Distribution
: West and Central Africa, TAN.
Distribution in
Angola
(Provinces):
2) CUS, HUI, MAL.
Historic records:
none
New localities reported
:
Negola (
3,5 km
SW
) (
14º 08´53´´ S
,
14º 28´16´´ E
,
1613 m
alt., 317) (
HUI
),
8.XII.2012
,
1♂
,
P. Schüle
leg., PMC (
P. Malec
, personal communication)
.
Material examined:
Kibundi (
08º 54´33.31´´ S
,
16º 03´15.71´´ E
,
1170m
alt., 95) (
MAL
),
19.XI.2017
,
1♂
,
3♀
, LT,
A. Serrano
&
R. Capela
leg., ASC; Cabuta (
9º 50´38.39´´ S
,
14º 51´22.28´´ E
,
814m
alt., 128) (
CUS
),
9.XII.2017
,
1♂
,
1♀
, LT,
A. Serrano
&
R. Capela
leg., ASC
.
Remarks.
The species is widespread throughout West and Central Africa (
Schoolmeesters 2018
). The adult specimens were collected by LT (
e.g.
Fig. 1c
) in open secondary forest (Kibundi) and moist secondary forest (Cabuta). Other biological and ecological data are not available for the species, but see general comments on the genus
Coenochilus
. It is a new species record for
Angola
and
Huíla
,
Kwanza Sul
and
Malanje
Provinces.