Dischista lizleri Beinhundner, 1998

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 : 23

* Dischista lizleri Beinhundner, 1998

( Figs. 2e, f, g )

Distribution: ANG, KEN.

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 2) CNN.

Historic records: none.

Material examined: Humbe (16º 41´S, 14º 54´E, 1100 m alt., 422) ( CNN), 1 ♀, Nº 1895 (blue label), nº104a (white label), old collection, box VI-75, Anchieta leg., MZUC .

Remarks. The species was described on the basis of Kenya specimens sampled in Acacia trees from savannahs ( Beinhundner 1998). The Humbe specimen fits very well the dorsal and ventral habitus of this species. Unfortunately, this singleton specimen is a female and very old (collected in the second half of the 19 th century), precluding a more accurate identification. Taking into account its distribution (only known from Kenya), it is with some caution that we ascribe this specimen to this species. However, this allopatric distribution (western vs eastern) seems more common than expected (e.g. Serrano 1995, Serrano et al. 2017). It is a new species record for Angola and Cunene Province.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Cetoniinae species of Angola. a, Anelaphinis dominula (dorsal view), MZUC; b and c, Atrichelaphinis (Atrichelaphinis) nigropunctulata (dorsal and ventral views, respectively), female, MZUC; d, Dischista cincta cincta (dorsal view), Humbe, CNN, MZUC; e–g, Dischista lizleri, female (dorsal view), head and pronotum (dorsal view) and female (ventral view), respectively, Humbe, CNN, MZUC; h, Dischista rufa (dorsal view), and associated labels, MZUC; i, Dolichosthetus angolensis (dorsal view), male, Mussulo, LUA, ASC.