Pachnoda ardoini ardoini Ruter, 1978

Serrano, Artur R. M., 2022, The rose chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) of Guinea-Bissau: an annotated checklist and new records, Zootaxa 5104 (2), pp. 151-195 : 160

* Pachnoda ardoini ardoini Ruter, 1978

( Figs. 3c, d )

Distribution: BFO, GBI, GHA, MLI, RCA, RCI.

Distribution in Guinea-Bissau (Administrative Regions): 2) TOB.

Historic records: none.

Material examined: Coli (Quebo) (11º 37´01.63´´ N, 14º 46´13.80´´ W, 48m alt.) (TOB), 10.VII.1995, 1 ♂, BT, Bivar de Sousa leg., ASC .

Remarks. There are two subspecies within Pachnoda ardoini Ruter, 1978 . The nominal subspecies is considered rare and was described on the basis of both sexes specimens from BFO (=“Haute‒Volta”), RCI and RCA ( Ruter 1978). Devecis (2001) recorded it to several localities of MLI. The Coli adult specimen was sampled by BT ( Fig. 2a ) in open forest ( Fig. 2e ) and fits well to this subspecies, including the shape of parameres ( Fig. 3d ). Legrand (2010) provided some comments on the mimetism among P. ardoini and other four species/subspecies of Pachnoda genus. Biodiversity information (abundance, habitat preference) was provided for GHA by Mudge et al. (2012) and Joly (2018). Biological and other ecological data are not available for this species. It is a new species record for Guinea-Bissau.

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FIGURE 2. a, butterfly trap baited with banana and pineapple, Béli - Petaqui, GAB; b, yellow chromotropic trap baited with banana, Coli (Quebo), TOB; c, light trapping, Balana river (Mampatá), TOB; d, herbaceous and shrubby savanna, Béli, GAB; e, open forest, Coli (Quebo), TOB; f, primary moist forest, Canamina (Jemberem), TOB; g, clearance by fire to shift agricultural plantation, Coli (Quebo), TOB; h, artisanal charcoal sale, Buba—Tunani, QUN.

FIGURE 3. Cetoniinae species of Guinea-Bissau. a, Gametoides sanguinolenta (dorsal view), male, Susana, CAC, ASC; b, Gametoides sanguinolenta (dorsal view), female, Bissorã, OIO, ASC; c and d, Pachnoda ardoini ardoini, male (dorsal view) and parameres (frontal view), respectively, Coli (Quebo), TOB, ASC; e and f), Pachnoda cordata cordata, male (dorsal view) and parameres (frontal view), respectively, Béli, GAB, ASC; g, Pachnoda marginata marginata (dorsal view), female, Susana, CAC, ASC; h, Phonotaenia aequinoctialis (dorsal view), female, Susana, CAC, ASC; i, Tephraea pulverulenta (dorsal view), male, Coli (Quebo), TOB, ASC.