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(
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)
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<emphasis id="A1E1EAAE0022FFD1FF4DFF1AFEFDFF5D" bold="true" box="[199,345,224,251]" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">Distribution</emphasis>
: ANG, BOW, KEN, MOZ, NAB,
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, ZIM.
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<emphasis id="A1E1EAAE0022FFD1FF4DFEFEFDCEFEB9" bold="true" box="[199,618,260,287]" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">
Distribution in
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(Provinces):
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1) CNN; 2) LSU.
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<emphasis id="A1E1EAAE0022FFD1FF4DFED2FE36FEE5" bold="true" box="[199,402,296,323]" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">Historic records:</emphasis>
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—Humbe (CNN) (
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sub
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<emphasis id="A1E1EAAE0022FFD1FD62FEB6FC67FEC0" box="[744,963,332,358]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">Oxythyrea amabilis</emphasis>
Schaum
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).
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<emphasis id="A1E1EAAE0022FFD1FF4DFE8AFE11FE2D" bold="true" box="[199,437,368,395]" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">Material examined:</emphasis>
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Humbe (
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,
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alt., 422) (
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),
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, Nº 2126 (blue label),
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leg., old collection, box nºVI-75, MZUC;
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,
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., Nº 1907 (blue label),
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leg.?, old collection, box nºXIV-83, MZUC; Zumbo (coords not available) (
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),
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, 1908, Nº 1781 (blue label), RQC/CSFC, box nº II-71, MZUC
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.
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<emphasis id="A1E1EAAE0022FFD1FF4DFDFBFE9FFDBD" bold="true" box="[199,315,513,539]" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">Remarks.</emphasis>
Taking into account its distribution near the borders of
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, in NAB and BOW (see Fig. 142i in
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), the Paulino de Oliveiras record for the southern territory of
<collectingCountry id="EB82762C0022FFD1FBD9FDDEFB01FD98" box="[1107,1189,548,574]" name="Angola" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">Angola</collectingCountry>
(
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) is very plausible. Moreover, we confirm its presence in
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by checking three adult specimens deposited in the old collection of MZUC (
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).
<bibRefCitation id="F7044B4D0022FFD1FDCEFD96FCA4FD21" author="Antoine, Ph." box="[580,768,620,647]" pageId="51" pageNumber="52" pagination="13 - 28" refId="ref80506" refString="Antoine, Ph. (2004 a) Contribution a la connaissance des Cetoniidae du Kenya (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea). Coleopteres, 10 (2), 13 - 28." type="journal article" year="2004">Antoine (2004a)</bibRefCitation>
, regarding the description of
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<emphasis id="A1E1EAAE0022FFD1FBC4FD96FB4CFD20" box="[1102,1256,620,646]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">Mausoleopsis</emphasis>
(
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)
<emphasis id="A1E1EAAE0022FFD1FF1DFD6AFF68FD0C" box="[151,204,656,682]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">lerui</emphasis>
Antoine, 2004
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, tried to clarify the distribution of the two subspecies of
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<emphasis id="A1E1EAAE0022FFD1FB8BFD6BFB84FD0C" box="[1025,1056,657,682]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">M.</emphasis>
(
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)
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on the basis of the size, coalescence and/or number of pronotal and elytral white maculae. Even the description of
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<emphasis id="A1E1EAAE0022FFD1FB51FD4FFB5EFD68" box="[1243,1274,693,718]" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">M.</emphasis>
(
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)
<emphasis id="A1E1EAAE0022FFD1FAB6FD4EFF73FD54" italics="true" pageId="51" pageNumber="52">amabilis ruteri</emphasis>
Antoine, 1989
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was based only on these maculae features, which seems a weak argument to validate this taxon without the support of other morphological character(s). Also, on the comment of its description,
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states “sans différer autrement de la forme typique”. On the other hand, the weakness of the separation of these two subspecific taxa is reinforced by the fact that there are sites where both forms overlap. The larva of this species was described by
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. Biological and ecological data are available in
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. Taking into account artificial breeding conditions,
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includes the species in their group 1. It is a new species record for the
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.
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