Oplostomus rufiventris ( 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 : 65-66

Oplostomus rufiventris ( Harold, 1878)

( Fig. 14d )

Distribution: ANG, DOC, KEN, RSA, TAN.

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

Historic records:

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

—Huilla (HUI) ( Schoch 1896 sub Macromoides vittata Schoch );

— Angola (without locality) ( Ferreira 1965 sub Macromoides vittula Schoch );

—Silva Porto (=Kuito=Cuito) (BIE), Luso (=Luena) (Fazenda Stª Cruz), Lago Dilolo (MOX) ( Gomes Alves 1973 sub Goniochilus rufiventris Har. and Goniochilus rufiventris var. niger Kraatz ).

New localities reported: Cacula (20 km NW) (coord. not available,? alt., 317) ( HUI), 15.XI.2013, 2 ♂, P. Schüle leg., PMC (P. Malec, personal communication) .

Material examined: Angola, 1♂, Nº 1907 (blue label), nº 151a (white label), old collection, box nº IX-78, MZUC; Huambo (12º 46´S, 15º 44´E, 1650 m alt., 256) ( HUA), Nº 1987 (blue label), nº 72f (white label, red numbers), J. Pimentel leg., box nº I-70, MZUC; Silva Porto (= Kuito = Cuito ) (12º 23´S, 16º 57´E, 1450 m alt., 234) (BIE), 19.X.1957 , 1 ♂, 2 ♀, Nº 2937, Estudos Apícolas do Ultramar nº 89, Junta de Investigações Coloniais (Entomolo- gia), IICT, MUHNAC; Lago Dilolo (11º 30´S, 22º 01´E, 1100 m alt., 223) ( MOX), 25.IX.1958 , 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Nº 3080, Estudos Apícolas do Ultramar, Junta de Investigações Coloniais ( Entomologia ), IICT, MUHNAC; Luso (= Luena ) ( Fazenda Stª Cruz ) (11º 46´S, 20º 06´E, 1280 m alt., 219) ( MOX), 23.X.1958 , 1 ♀, Nº 3034, 31.X.1958, 1 ♂, Nº 3040, Estudos Apícolas do Ultramar, Junta de Investigações Coloniais (Entomologia), IICT, MUHNAC .

Remarks. Little is known about the biology and ecology of this species, but probably like the precedent species the adults are associated with bees and paper wasps, feeding on pollen and broods. For instance, Gomes Alves (1973) referred that the Silva Porto (=Cuito) specimens were collected in a honey bee hive. It seems a common species in Angola. It is a new species record for the Huambo Province.

Figures

FIGURE 14. Cetoniinae species of Angola. a, Campsiura (Macroma) angolensis angolensis (dorsal view), female, Calulo– Cabuta, CUS, ASC; b, Oplostomus bicolor (dorsal view), and associated labels, female, MZUC; c, Oplostomus fuligineus (dorsal view), female, MZUC; d, Oplostomus rufiventris (dorsal view), and associated labels, male, MZUC; e and f, Spilophorus (Spilophorus) plagosus plagosus (dorsal views), and associated labels, Gambos, HUI, MZUC and Humbe, CNN, MZUC, respectively; g, Trogodes (Trogodes) rotundicollis (dorsal view), and associated labels, HUI, MZUC; h and i, Trogodes (T.) rotundicollis (dorsal views), female and head and pronotum, respectively, Trumba, BIE, ASC.