Mecynorhina (Mecynorhina) polyphemus polyphemus (Fabricius, 1781)

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 : 101

Mecynorhina (Mecynorhina) polyphemus polyphemus (Fabricius, 1781)

Distribution: ANG, BEN, CAM, CON, DOC, GHA, RCA, RCI, TOG.

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 1) CAB, CNO, LNO.

Historic records:

— Cabinda (CAB), Cazengo (CNO) ( Paulino de Oliveira 1882 sub Ceratorrhina polyphemus F.);

—Dundo (LNO) ( Ferreira 1965 sub Chelorrhina polyphemus F.).

Material examined: none.

Remarks. There is some controversy on the distribution of this species (see Beinhundner 2017a; Schoolmeesters 2018). It seems represented in the northern territory of Angola ( Paulino de Oliveira 1882; Ferreira 1965). The species is well-known and biological data were recently provided by Šípek (2010) and Christiansen (2013).