Mecynorhina (Amaurodes) passerinii passerinii (Westwood, 1844)

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 : 100-101

Mecynorhina (Amaurodes) passerinii passerinii (Westwood, 1844)

( Fig. 23h )

Distribution: ANG, MOZ, RSA, TAN.

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 1)?; 2) LNO.

Historic records:

— Angola (without locality) ( Paulino de Oliveira 1882 sub Cerathorrhina passerini Westwood).

Material examined: Dundo–Chitato (7º 22´41.93´´ S, 20º 50´04.81´´ E, 733 m alt., 51) ( LNO), 26.X– 7.XI.1995, 1 ♀, Nº 4829, L. Mendes leg., IICT, MUHNAC .

Remarks. The species is very polychromatic. The melanic adult female specimen from Dundo ( Fig. 23h ) was collected close to the Dundo Regional Museum near public light. The larva of the third instar of this species was

described by Kühbander & Carl (1994). Ecological data were provided by Holm & Marais (1992). It is a new species record for the Lunda Norte Province.

Figures

FIGURE 23. Cetoniinae species of Angola. a, Gnathocera trivittata dorsodiscolor (dorsal view), male, Munenga, CUS, JPCC; b and c, Gnathocera villosa (dorsal views), females, MZUC; d and e, Lansbergia vanderkelleni (dorsal views), habitus and head and pronotum, respectively, MZUC; f and g, Lophorrhina quinquelineata (dorsal views), male and female, respectively, Mussende, CUS, ASC; h, Mecynorhina (Amaurodes) passerinii passerinii (dorsal view), female, Dundo, LNO, IICT; i, Mecynorhina (Mecynorhina) polyphemus confluens (dorsal view), female, MZUC.