Leucocelis (Leucocelis) haemorrhoidalis (Fabricius, 1775)

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 : 47-49

* Leucocelis (Leucocelis) haemorrhoidalis (Fabricius, 1775)

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Distribution: ANG, NAB, RSA, ZIM.

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 2) HUA, MAL.

Historic records: none.

Material examined: Nova Lisboa (= Huambo) (12º 46´S, 15º 44´E, 1650 m alt., 256) ( HUA), 20.XII.1974, 1♀, DO, A. Serrano leg., ASC; Mutubanzamba (09º 47´20´´ S, 16º 30´55´´ E, 1136 m alt., 132) ( MAL), 21.XI.2015, 1♂, DO, A. Serrano & R. Capela leg., ASC; Carima (Cacuso–Pungandongo) (09º 35´00´´ S, 15º 42´01´´ E, 117 m alt., 130) ( MAL), 20.XI.2017, 6♂, 21.XI.2017, 1♂, DO, A. Serrano & R. Capela leg., ASC .

Remarks. All the specimens fit well the description and parameres of this species ( Holm & Marais 1992). The Huambo adult specimen was collected on a flower in a meadow. See the remarks under Amaurina spoliata for Carima locality (e.g. see Figs. 9a , 10a ). The larvae instars were described by Donaldson (1987). Biological and ecological data were provided by Holm & Marais (1992) and Malec & Šípek (2016). Taking into account artificial breeding conditions, Malec & Šípek (2017) includes it in their group 1. It is a new species record for Angola and Huambo and Malanje Provinces.

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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.