Spilophorus (Spilophorus) plagosus plagosus Westwood in Schaum, 1848

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 : 67

Spilophorus (Spilophorus) plagosus plagosus Westwood in Schaum, 1848

( Figs. 14e, f )

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

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 1) CNN; 2) HUI.

Historic records:

—Humbe (CNN) ( Paulino de Oliveira 1882 sub Spilophorus plagosus Boheman, 1857 ).

Material examined: Humbe (16º 41´S, 14º 54´E, 1100 m alt., 422) ( CNN), 2 exs, Nº 2126 (blue labels), nºs 1 and 179 (white labels), Anchieta leg., old collection, box nº VI-75, MZUC; Gambos (=Chiange=Chibemba) (15º 46´S, 14º 06´E, 1316 m alt., 378) ( HUI), 1 ex., Nº 2188 (blue label), Anchieta leg., old collection, box nº VI-75, MZUC .

Remarks. Two subspecies are recognized: the nominal and Spilophorus (Spilophorus) plagosus vrystaati Holm & Perissinotto, 2010 . Some biological and ecological data were provided by Holm & Perissinotto (2010). It is a new species record for the Huíla Province.

Figures

FIGURE 14. Cetoniinae species of Angola. a, Campsiura (Macroma) angolensis angolensis (dorsal view), female, Calulo– Cabuta, CUS, ASC; b, Oplostomus bicolor (dorsal view), and associated labels, female, MZUC; c, Oplostomus fuligineus (dorsal view), female, MZUC; d, Oplostomus rufiventris (dorsal view), and associated labels, male, MZUC; e and f, Spilophorus (Spilophorus) plagosus plagosus (dorsal views), and associated labels, Gambos, HUI, MZUC and Humbe, CNN, MZUC, respectively; g, Trogodes (Trogodes) rotundicollis (dorsal view), and associated labels, HUI, MZUC; h and i, Trogodes (T.) rotundicollis (dorsal views), female and head and pronotum, respectively, Trumba, BIE, ASC.