Taurhina (Taurhina) nireus ( Schaum, 1841 )

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 : 107

Taurhina (Taurhina) nireus ( Schaum, 1841)

Distribution: ANG, GUI, RCI,

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 1) LUA.

Historic records:

— Angola (without locality) ( Schaum 1841 sub Dicranorhina nireus Schaum );

— Angola (without locality) ( Paulino de Oliveira 1882 sub Ceratorrhina nireus Schaum );

— Angola (Loanza: indeterminable) ( Moser 1916 sub Taurhina angolensis Moser, 1916 );

— Angola (without locality) ( Ferreira 1965 and sub Taurhina angolensis Moser );

— Luanda (LUA) ( Sakai & Nagai 1998 sub Taurhina angolensis Moser ).

Material examined: none.

Remarks. The species presents a scattered distribution in Africa ( Krajcik 2008a; Beinhundner 2017a). It is known for Angola, but without precise localities for the majority of records ( Paulino de Oliveira 1882; Moser 1916; Ferreira 1965). Eventually, “Loanza” name was a spelling mistake by Moser (1916) for “ Luanda ”.