Stephanorrhina (Aphelorrhina) tibialis tibialis ( Waterhouse, 1879 )

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 : 105

Stephanorrhina (Aphelorrhina) tibialis tibialis ( Waterhouse, 1879)

( Figs. 24g, h )

Distribution: ANG, CAM, KEN, UGA.

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 1)?

Historic records:

— Angola (without locality) [ Waterhouse 1879 sub Cerathorrhina (Aphelorrhina) tibialis )];

— Angola (without locality) ( Ferreira 1965).

Material examined: Angola, 1 ♂, Nº 1907 (blue label), nº 47 (white label), old collection, box nº IX-78, MZUC .

Remarks. A polytypic species with three recognized subspecies ( Krajcik 2008a; Beinhundner 2017a). It was described originally from Angola and presents a scattered distribution throughout Africa ( Krajcik 2008a; Beinhundner 2017a; Schoolmeesters 2018). The male specimen of MZUC ( Fig. 24g ) fits well this species description. Ecological data are not available for this species.

Figures

FIGURE 24. Cetoniinae species of Angola. a, Pedinorrhina sellata lequeuxi (dorsal view), male, Mussende, CUS, ASC; b, Pedinorrhina subaenea subaenea (dorsal view), MZUC; c and d, Ptychodesthes bicostata intermedia (dorsal views), male and female, respectively, MZUC; e and f, Stephanorrhina (Aphelorrhina) bella bella (dorsal views), male and female, respectively, MZUC; g and h, Stephanorrhina (A.) tibialis tibialis (dorsal views), male, habitus and head and pronotum, respectively, MZUC; i, Stephanorrhina (Stephanorrhina) guttata guttata (dorsal view), and associated labels, female, Luanda, LUA, JPCC.