Plagiochilus Wasmann, 1900

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 : 57

Genus Plagiochilus Wasmann, 1900

Ruter & Leleup (1977) considered this genus synonym of Aspilus Westwood, 1874 , a criterion followed by Marais & Holm (1992) which included in it all the sixteen species recognized then from both genera. Antoine (2010), taking into account the presence of Aspilus angustatus ( Westwood, 1874) in Zambia, made some comments on this genus and Plagiochilus , recommending its synonymization also. However, Rojkoff (2013) revised partially both genera, refering that this synonymy can not be maintained since the genera exhibit some characteristics of their own and recommend that they need to be thoroughly reviewed. Krajcik (2008b) followed this criterion keeping both genera. There are three species recorded for Angola ( Quedenfeldt 1884; Ferreira 1965; Antoine 2010). We give a new species record for this country.