Xeloma maura (Boheman, 1860)

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 : 42

Xeloma maura (Boheman, 1860)

Distribution: ANG, BOW, MOZ, NAB, RSA, ZIM.

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 1) HUI; 2) CNN.

Historic records:

— Angola (Huíla, without locality) ( HUI) (Holm 1988) .

New localities reported: Ondjiva (40 km NW) (16º 48´28.7´´ S, 15º 25´54.3´´ E, 1124 m alt., 423) ( CNN), 18.XII.2017, 1 ex., P. Schüle leg., PMC (P. Malec, personal communication) .

Material examined: none.

Remarks. The distribution of this species for southern Africa given by Holm (1988, Fig. 74) indicates a non named locality in the south of Angola (Huíla Province, black circle). Biological and ecological notes are available in Holm & Marais (1992). Taking into account the artificial breeding conditions, Malec & Šípek (2017) included this species in their group 3. It is a new record for the Cunene Province.