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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Stephanorrhina
(
Stephanorrhina
)
guttata guttata
(Olivier, 1789)
(
Figs. 24i
,
25a, b
)
Distribution
: ANG, CAM, CON, DOC, GHA, SEN, TOG.
Distribution in
Angola
(Provinces):
1) CAB, HUI; 2) LUA.
Historic records:
—Quilo
River
(CAB), Huilla (HUI) (
Paulino de Oliveira 1882
sub
Cerathorrhina guttata
Oliv.
).
Material examined:
Cabinda
(
CAB
),
1 ♂
, Nº 1821 (blue label), nº 1 (white label), Anchieta leg., old collection, box nº VI-75, MZUC;
Luanda
(
08º 50´S
,
13º 15´E
,
70 m
alt., 89) (
LUA
),
1♀
,
24.V.1957
, Nº E.11002, nº 614, V. V. Pinto leg., sub
Coelorrhina
(det.?), on
Coffea
sp., JPCC, MUHNAC.
Remarks.
A polytypic species with a complex of five to eight subspecies (
Antoine 2004b
;
Krajcik 2008a
;
Beinhundner 2017a
). It is known by the common name of “Spotted Flower Beetle”. Its distribution overlaps in some localities with
S. bella
(
Allard 1986
)
. Some biodiversity data (abundance and habitat preference) was provided for
Stephanorrhina (Stephanorrhina) guttata aschantica
Schüroff,
1942
in
Benin
and
Ghana
(
Le Gall 2015
;
Joly 2018
). It is a new species record for the Luanda Province.