Leucocelis (Amauroleucocelis) cognata ( 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 : 46

Leucocelis (Amauroleucocelis) cognata ( Harold, 1878)

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Distribution: ANG, EQG.

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 1) MAL; 2) CUS.

Historic records:

—“Inneren Guinea ” ( Angola, without locality) ( Harold 1878 sub Oxythyrea cognata );

—Pungo Andongo (MAL) ( Harold 1879 sub Leucocelis cognata );

— Angola (without exact locality) ( Ferreira 1965 sub Amaurina cognata Harold ).

New localities reported: Mussussu (25 km S) (10º 25´29´´ S, 14º 51´53´´ E, 1398 m alt., 147) ( CUS), 4- 5.XII.2017, 1 ♂, P. Schüle leg., PMC (P. Malec, personal communication) .

Material examined: Angola, 6 exs, Nº 1907 (blue labels), nºs 164, 190, 191, 198, 219 and 220 (white labels), 1 ex., Nº 1907 (blue label), old collection, box nº IX-78, MZUC .

Remarks. The species was described originally from Angola in the Oxythyrea genus ( Harold 1878). Curiously, in addition to Angola, it is only known from EQG ( Beinhundner 2017a). Biological and ecological data are not available for this species. It is a new species record for the Kwanza Sul Province.

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FIGURE 9. Cetoniinae species of Angola. a, Amaurina spoliata: adult feeding in a tomentose herbaceus plant, Carima, MAL; b and c, Discopeltis tricolor tricolor (dorsal views), habitus and head and pronotum, respectively, MZUC; d, Leucocelis (Amauroleucocelis) cognata (dorsal view), MZUC; e and f, Leucocelis (Leucocelis) adspersa adspersa (dorsal and ventral views, respectively), female, MZUC; g, Leucocelis (Leucocelis) amethystina (dorsal view), female, Satchijamba, BIE, ASC; h, Leucocelis (Leucocelis) cupricollis (dorsal view), MZUC; i, Leucocelis (Leucocelis) haemorrhoidalis (dorsal view), male, Carima, MAL, ASC.