Leucocelis (Leucocelis) niveoguttata (Blanchard, 1850), 1817

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 : 49-50

* Leucocelis (Leucocelis) niveoguttata (Blanchard, 1850)

( Figs. 10e, f )

Distribution: ANG, BOW, MOZ, NAB, RSA, ZIM.

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 2) BIE, HUI.

Historic records: none.

New localities reported: Chiapepe (coord. not available, 1280 m alt., 378) ( HUI), 10.XII.2012, 1 ♂, P. Schüle leg., PMC (P. Malec, personal communication) .

Material examined: Angola, 1 ex., Nº 1907 (blue label), nº 201 (white label), old collection, box nº IX-78, MZUC; Satchijamba (13º 44´54.69´´ S, 17º 10´35.03´´ E, 1579 m alt., 303) (BIe), 3.XI.2014 , 1♂, 1♀, BT, 29.X.- 3.XI.2014, 1♀, CT, A. Serrano leg. & R. Capela, ASC.

Remarks. The species was restablished by Antoine (2006b). The adult female specimen of Satchijamba fits

very well with the description given by Antoine (2006b) and the parameres of the adult male specimen conforms with the same structures of L. vitticollis (Boheman, 1857) given by Holm & Marais (1992), a species which was synonymized with L. niveoguttata by Antoine (2006b). The Satchijamba adult specimens were sampled by BT and CT ( Figs. 1a, b ) in an open secondary forest. See also remarks under Pachnoda discolour kolbei . Ecological data were provided for the species (under the name of L. vitticollis ) by Holm & Marais (1992). It is a new species record for Angola and Bié and Huíla Provinces.

Figures

FIGURE 1. a, butterfly trap baited with banana and pineapple, Satschijamba, BIE; b, yellow chromotropic trap baited with banana, Satschijamba, BIE; c, light trapping, Satschijamba, BIE; d, rotten logs (direct observation), Somakwanza, BIE; e, secondary open forest, Satschijamba, BIE; f, secondary moist forest, Calulo, CUS.

FIGURE 10. Cetoniinae species of Angola. a, Habitat of Leucocelis (Leucocelis) haemorrhoidalis, Plagiochilus angustatus and Cymophorus sp., Carima, MAL; b, Plant where Leucocelis (Leucocelis) triliturata triliturata adult specimens were found feeding on its yellow flowers, Capingana–Satchijamba, BIE; c and d, Leucocelis (Leucocelis) haroldi (dorsal views), MZUC and male, Nova Lisboa (=Huambo), HUA, ASC, respectively; e and f, Leucocelis (Leucocelis) niveoguttata (dorsal views), MZUC and male, Satchijamba, BIE, ASC, respectively; g, Leucocelis (Leucocelis) semicuprea (dorsal view), MZUC; h, Leucocelis (Leucocelis) triliturata triliturata (dorsal view), Capingana–Satchijamba, BIE, ASC.