Platygenia barbata (Afzelius, 1817)

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 : 113-115

Platygenia barbata (Afzelius, 1817)

( Figs 27f, g )

Distribution: ANG, CAM, CON, DOC, GHA, NIG, RCI, SLN.

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 1) CAB, LNO, MAL.

Historic records:

—Quilo river (CAB) ( Paulino de Oliveira 1882);

—Malange (= Malanje) (MAL) ( Quedenfeldt 1884);

—Dundo (LNO) ( Gomes Alves 1973).

Material examined: Quilo River (= Chiloango River Mouth) (05º 11´S, 12º 08´E, sea alt., 5) ( CAB), 1♂, 1 ♀, Nº 1882 (blue label), Anchieta leg., old collection, box nº VI-75, MZUC; Dundo (7º 22´S, 20º 50´E, 1470 m alt., 51) ( LNO), -. III.1949, 2 ♂, 1 ♀, Nº 2132, Junta de Investigações Coloniais (Entomologia), IICT, MUHNAC .

Remarks. The species is widespread throughout West and Central Africa being associated to the palm Elaeis guineensis ( Antoine & Camiade 1995; Schoolmeesters 2018). Jerath & Unny (1965) gave a very scanty description of P. barbata larvae. One adult female collected by the first author ( AS) in Jemberem ( Guinea-Bissau, 13.VII.2009) in a moist primary forest (Cambeque) by LT had several phoretic Pseudoscorpionida. Some ecological data were provided by Antoine & Camiade (1995) and, more recently, Joly (2018) gave novel biodiversity information (abundance, habitat preference) of this species for Ghana.

Figures

FIGURE 27. Cetoniinae species of Angola. a, Hegemus peregrinus (dorsal view), female, Huíla, HUI, JPCC; b, Hypselogenia geotrupina geotrupina (dorsal view), female, MZUC; c and d, Pseudoclinteria infuscata (dorsal views), male and female, respectively, Satchijamba, BIE, ASC; e, Stethodesma strachani strachani (dorsal view), male, Satchijamba, BIE, ASC; f and g, Platygenia barbata (dorsal views), male and female, respectively, Dundo, LNO, IICT; h, Clastocnemis quadrimaculatus quadrimaculatus (dorsal view), male, Dundo, LNO, IICT; i) Myodermum alutaceum (dorsal view), male, Mussende, CUS, ASC.