Eriulis variolosa ( Gory & Percheron, 1833 )

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 : 176

Eriulis variolosa ( Gory & Percheron, 1833)

( Fig. 6b )

Distribution: CAM, CON, DOC, EQG, GAB, GBI, GUI, RCA, RCI, SEN, SLN, TAN, TOG, UGA.

Distribution in Guinea-Bissau (Administrative Regions): 1) BAF, BOL; 2) TOB.

Historic records:

— Bolama (BOL) ( Janson 1907);

— Bafatá (BAF) ( Brivio 1958).

Material examined: Jemberem (Lautchandé forest = Mato Lautchandé) (11º 15´29.14´´ N, 15º 04´47.81´´ W, 22m alt.) (TOB), 9-13.VII.2009, 1 ♀, CT, A. Serrano leg., ASC .

Remarks. The species presents a wide distribution throughout West and Central Africa ( Beinhundner 2017b; Schoolmeesters 2019). The species is syntopic with Myodermum alutaceum (Afzelius, 1817) in Jemberem. Biodiversity information (e.g. abundance, habitat preference, phenology) was provided for GHA by Mudge et al. (2012) and Joly (2018) and for SLN by Malec (2015). This last author tried to breed captive adults, but all larvae died in the last instar. It is a new species record for TOB Administrative Region of Guinea-Bissau.

Figures

FIGURE 6. Cetoniinae species of Guinea-Bissau. a, Diplognatha (Diplognatha) gagates (dorsal view), male, Susana, CAC, ASC; b, Eriulis variolosa (dorsal view), female, Jemberem, TOB, ASC; c, Porphyronota cynnamomea (dorsal view), female, Cufada, QUN, ASC; d, Chlorocala africana africana (dorsal view), female, Béli, GAB, ASC; e, Condrorrhina abbreviata (dorsal view), male, Bissorã, OIO, ASC; f, Plaesiorrhinela cinctuta recurva (dorsal view), female, Mampatá-Guilegue, TOB, ASC; g) Lophorrhina quinquelineata (dorsal view), male, Buba Tombo, QUN, ASC; h, Platygenia barbata (dorsal view), female, Jemberem, TOB, ASC; i, Clastocnemis quadrimaculatus (dorsal view), male, Bissorã-Binar, OIO, ASC.