Pseudinca Kraatz, 1880

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 : 75

Genus Pseudinca Kraatz, 1880

The genus was revised by Valck Lucassen (1933) and later by Rigout & Allard (1992). Beinhundner (2017a) recognized nineteen valid species; two of them recorded for Angola ( Paulino de Oliveira 1882, Valck Lucassen 1933). We had the opportunity to study the type of the genus Ruteroides Gomes Alves, 1973 deposited in IICT. Careful examination of clypeus, pronotum, elytra, underside (e.g. mesosternal lobe) and the parameres type (see Figs. 16g, h ), revealed that the characteristics of Ruteroides were similar to Pseudinca . So, we propose Ruteroides as a junior synonym of Pseudinca Kraatz, 1880 .

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FIGURE 16. Cetoniinae species of Angola. a, Porphyronota hebraea hebraea (dorsal view), Chianga, HUA, JPCC; b, Porphyronota maculatissima maculatissima (dorsal view), female, Dundo, LNO, IICT; c) Porphyronota preissi (dorsal view), and associated labels, male, Calombe, MOX, IICT. Pseudinca fradei, holotype male, Fazª Stª Cruz, Luso (=Luena), MOX, IICT: d, habitus (dorsal view), and associated labels; e, head and pronotum (dorsal view); f, habitus (ventral view); g and h, parameres (frontal and lateral views, respectively). i, Tetragonorrhina induta (dorsal view), and associated labels, male, Humbe, CNN, MZUC.