Amaurina spoliata ( Harold, 1879 )

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 : 43-45

Amaurina spoliata ( Harold, 1879)

( Figs. 8i , 9a )

Distribution: ANG, DOC.

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 1) HUI, MAL; 2) BGU, BIE, HUA.

Historic records:

—Pungo Andongo (MAL) ( Harold 1879 sub Leucocelis spoliata Har. );

— Angola (without locality) ( Ferreira 1965);

—Sá da Bandeira (=Lubango) (HUI) ( Gomes Alves 1973 sub Leucocelis spoliata Har. ).

New localities reported: Lubango (10 km W) (14º 50´32.5´´ S, 13º 24´06.2´´ E, 2103 m alt., 335) ( HUI), 1.XII.2017, 1 ♂, P. Schüle leg., PMC (P. Malec, personal communication) .

Material examined: Angola, 10 exs, Nº 1907 (blue labels), nºs 155 (2 exs), 161, 162, 163, 210, 215, 216, 217 and 218 (white labels), old collection, box nº IX-78, MZUC; Sá da Bandeira (= Lubango) (14º 55´S, 13º 30´E, 1750 m alt., 336) (HUI), 25.XI.1957, 1 ex., Nº 2970, Leucocelis spoliata Harold, Estudos Apícolas do Ultramar nº 122, Junta de Investigações Coloniais (Entomologia), IICT, MUHNAC; Chianga (12º 44´S, 15º 50´E, 1740 m alt., 256) (HUA), 26.IX.1964, 1 ex., Nº E.5695, nº 606, 22.X.1964, 1 ex., Nº E.5729, nº 605, E. Fonseca leg., JPCC, MUH- NAC; Chioa (coords not available) (BGU), 22.X.1964, 1 ex., Nº E.5728, nº 607, C. Matos leg., JPCC, MUHNAC; Capingana–Satchijamba (13º 42´47.18´´ S, 17º 05´23.81´´ E, 1507m alt., 303) (BIE), 8.IV.2014, 1♂, DO, A. Serra- no leg., ASC; Carima (Cacuso–Pungandongo) (09º 35´00´´ S, 15º 42´01´´ E, 1117 m alt., 130) (MAL), 17.XI.2017, 9♂, 5♀, 20.XI.2017, 16♂, 4♀, 21.XI.2017, 2♂, 1♀, DO, A. Serrano & R. Capela leg., ASC .

Remarks. The species was originally described on the basis of specimens from Angola ( Harold 1879; Antoine 2000), but is also known from DOC ( Beinhundner 2017a). The adult specimens from Chianga were found on Pandiaka welwitschii (Amaranthaceae) and Monotes calomerus (label information).The adult specimen of Capin-gana–Satchijamba was captured on a yellow flower and the Carima adult specimens were sampled feeding on the basis of tomentose leafs of spontaneous herbaceous plants ( Fig. 9a ), all from secondary open forests. In the latter locality ( Fig. 10a ), the species was abundant and syntopic with Leucocelis (Leucocelis) haemorrhoidalis (Fabricius, 1775) , Plagiochilus angustatus (Westwood, 1873) and Cymophorus sp. It is a new species record for the Benguela, Bié and Huambo Provinces.

Figures

FIGURE 8. Cetoniinae species of Angola. a) Tephraea dichroa (dorsal view), and associated labels, male, MZUC; b, Tephraea dichroa (dorsal view), female, MZUC; c, Trichocephala (Trichocephala) angolensis (dorsal view), MZUC; d, Xeloma leprosa (dorsal view), MZUC; e and f, Xeloma tomentosa angolensis (dorsal views), MZUC and Chianga, HUA, JPCC, respectively; g and h, Acrothyrea rufofemorata (dorsal and ventral views, respectively), female, MZUC; i, Amaurina spoliata (dorsal view), male, Capingana–Satchijamba, BIE, ASC.

FIGURE 9. Cetoniinae species of Angola. a, Amaurina spoliata: adult feeding in a tomentose herbaceus plant, Carima, MAL; b and c, Discopeltis tricolor tricolor (dorsal views), habitus and head and pronotum, respectively, MZUC; d, Leucocelis (Amauroleucocelis) cognata (dorsal view), MZUC; e and f, Leucocelis (Leucocelis) adspersa adspersa (dorsal and ventral views, respectively), female, MZUC; g, Leucocelis (Leucocelis) amethystina (dorsal view), female, Satchijamba, BIE, ASC; h, Leucocelis (Leucocelis) cupricollis (dorsal view), MZUC; i, Leucocelis (Leucocelis) haemorrhoidalis (dorsal view), male, Carima, MAL, ASC.

FIGURE 10. Cetoniinae species of Angola. a, Habitat of Leucocelis (Leucocelis) haemorrhoidalis, Plagiochilus angustatus and Cymophorus sp., Carima, MAL; b, Plant where Leucocelis (Leucocelis) triliturata triliturata adult specimens were found feeding on its yellow flowers, Capingana–Satchijamba, BIE; c and d, Leucocelis (Leucocelis) haroldi (dorsal views), MZUC and male, Nova Lisboa (=Huambo), HUA, ASC, respectively; e and f, Leucocelis (Leucocelis) niveoguttata (dorsal views), MZUC and male, Satchijamba, BIE, ASC, respectively; g, Leucocelis (Leucocelis) semicuprea (dorsal view), MZUC; h, Leucocelis (Leucocelis) triliturata triliturata (dorsal view), Capingana–Satchijamba, BIE, ASC.