Polystalactica (Polystalactica) affinis affinis ( Kolbe, 1895 )

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 : 38-39

Polystalactica (Polystalactica) affinis affinis ( Kolbe, 1895)

( Fig. 7g )

Distribution: ANG, CON, DOC, ZAM.

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

Historic records:

—Bailundo (HUA) ( Schein 1958);

— Angola (without locality) ( Antoine 2010).

New localities reported: HUI, SRC (S. Rojkoff, personal communication); 75 km N Caconda (near Cuima ) (13º 26´S, 15º 21´E, 1587 m alt., 279) ( HUA), 8.XI.2011, 1♂, P. Schüle leg., PMC (P. Malec, personal communi- cation) .

Material examined: Cuima–Cusse (13º 20´45´´ S, 15º 34´22´´ E, 1633 m alt., 280) ( HUA), 5.XI.2015, 1♂, DO, A. Serrano & R. Capela leg., ASC .

Remarks. There are two recognized subspecies in the nominal species ( Beinhundner 2017a). The Cuima–Cusse adult specimen was sampled on tree leaves in an open secondary forest. Other biological and ecological data are not available for this species. It is a new species record for the Huíla Province.

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FIGURE 7. Cetoniinae species of Angola. a, Pachnodella marginella marginella (dorsal view), male, Dundo, LNO, IICT; b–e) Phonotaenia balteata (dorsal views), MZUC; f, Phonotaenia scalaris (dorsal view), female, Rio Muita, LNO, IICT; g, Polystalactica (Polystalactica) affinis affinis (dorsal view), male, Cuima–Cusse, HUA, ASC; h, Polystalactica (Trichocelis) jossoi (dorsal view), female, Satchijamba, BIE, ASC; i, Rhabdotis semipunctata (dorsal view), male, MZUC.