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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Tephraea dichroa
(Schaum, 1844)
(
Figs. 8a, b
)
Distribution
: ANG, BOW, MOZ, NAB,
RSA
, ZIM.
Distribution in
Angola
(Provinces):
2) HUI.
Historic records:
none.
New localities reported:
Cacula (
10 km
SW
) (coord. not available,? alt., 317) (
HUI
),
4-6.XI.2011
,
1 ex.
,
P. Schüle
leg., PMC (
P. Malec
, personal communication)
.
Material examined:
Angola
,
1 ♂
, Nº 1907 (blue label), 152 (white label),
Welwitsch
leg.,
Old
collection, box nº VI- 75, MZUC
;
Angola
,
1 ♀
, Nº 1907 (blue label), nº 153 (white label), old collection, box nº IX-78, MZUC
.
Remarks.
The species is strongly polychromatic (
Beinhundner 2017a
). The adult specimens of MZUC fit very well this species (
Figs. 8a, b
) and it is probably that at least the male specimen had been collected in the south of
Angola
, a territory well explored by Welwitsch. This assumption is supported by the Cacula specimen. Unfortunately, the MZUC specimens do not present any reference (label or register) to the locality from where were the specimens were captured in
Angola
. It is a new species record for
Angola
and
Huíla Province
.