Pachnoda frontalis ( Harold, 1878 )

Serrano, Artur R. M., Capela, Rúben A., Nunes, Telmo & Santos, Carmen Van-Dú- Nem Neto, 2020, The rose chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) of Angola: a descriptive checklist with new records and synonymic notes, Zootaxa 4776 (1), pp. 1-130 : 28

Pachnoda frontalis ( Harold, 1878)

( Fig. 4c )

Distribution: ANG, DOC.

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 1) MAL, ZAI; 2) HUI, MOX.

Historic records:

—“Inneren Guinea ” ( Angola, without locality) ( Harold 1878 sub Cetonia frontalis Har. );

—Malauge (= Malanje) (MAL) ( Quedenfeldt 1884 sub Pachnoda (Cetonia) frontalis Har. );

— ZAIRE (without locality) ( Ferreira 1965);

— Angola (without locality) ( Rigout 1989).

New localities reported: Lubango (6 km NW) (14º 52´10.9´´ S, 13º 27´12.6´´E, 1858 m alt., 335) ( HUI), 1- 7.XII.2017, 1♂, P. Schüle leg., PMC (P. Malec, personal communication) .

Material examined: Huilla (= Huíla =Lubango) (14º 55´S, 13º 30´E, 1750 m alt., 336) ( HUI), 1 ♂, Nº 1895 (blue label), nº 71 (white label), Anchieta leg., old collection, box nº VI-75, MZUC; Angola, 1 ♀, Nº 1901 (blue label), Welwitsch leg., old collection, box nº VI-75, MZUC ; Angola, 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Nº 1907 (blue labels), nº 68 (white labels), 1 ♀, Nº 1907 (blue label), nº 70 (white label), old collection, box nº XIV-83, MZUC; Calombe (riverhead) (11º 50´S, 19º 56´E, 1360 m alt., 218) ( MOX), 17.X.1959, 1 ♀, Nº 3249, Estudos Apícolas do Ultramar , nº 46, Junta de Investigações Coloniais (Entomologia), sub Pachnoda sinuata var. quinquepunctata Kraatz , IICT, MUHNAC .

Remarks. Biological and ecological data are not available for this species. It is a new species record for the Huíla and Moxico Provinces.

Figures

FIGURE 4. Cetoniinae species of Angola. a and b, Pachnoda discolor kolbei, male (dorsal view) and parameres (frontal view), respectively, Satchijamba, BIE, ASC; c, Pachnoda frontalis (dorsal view), female, MZUC; d, Pachnoda katangensis (dorsal view), female, Luso (=Luena), MOX, IICT; e, Pachnoda leopoldiana (dorsal view), female, MZUC; f, Pachnoda leopoldiana (dorsal view), Dundo, LNO, IICT; g, Pachnoda marginata marginata (dorsal view), male, MZUC; h and i, Pachnoda orphanula nachtigali, male (dorsal view) and parameres (frontal view), respectively, Dundo, LNO, IICT.