The rose chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) of Guinea-Bissau: an annotated checklist and new records
Author
Serrano, Artur R. M.
text
Zootaxa
2022
2022-02-25
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2
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journal article
20448
10.11646/zootaxa.5104.2.1
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Pachnodella marginella marginella
(Fabricius, 1775)
Distribution
: ANG, BEN, CAM, CON, DOC, ETI (?), GBI, GUI, RCI, SEN, SLN.
Distribution in
Guinea-Bissau
(Administrative Regions):
1) BAF, BOL, CAC.
Historic records:
—
Bafatá
(BAF), Bambadinca (BAF), Bubaque (BOL), Suzana (=Susana) (CAC) (
Brivio 1958
);
— Churobrique (CAC) (
Gomes Alves 1959
sub
Pachnoda marginella
Fabricius
).
Material examined:
none.
Remarks.
The species is widely distributed throughout western and southwestern Africa (
Gomes Alves 1959
; Schoolmeesters 2018), but was recorded from a remnant moist Afromontane forest in
Ethiopia
(
Kebede & Isotalo 2016
). Biodiversity information (abundance, habitat preference) was provided for BEN by
Tchibozo
et al
. (2008)
and
Touroult & Le Gall (2013)
and for GHA by
Mudge
et al.
(2012)
.
Gomes Alves (1959)
provided some biological comments on this species for
Guinea-Bissau
and
Angola
, including remarks of larvae association with
Oryctes
larvae in decaying trunks of Olaea palms in the former country.
Malec (2015)
provided some ecological and captive breeding data for this species. It is considered a pest of citrus orchards in GHA due to its economic impact (
Aidoo
et al
. 2016
). The third instar larva was described by
Jerath & Unny (1965)
.