Pachnoda discolor kolbei ( Schürhoff, 1938 )

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 : 28

Pachnoda discolor kolbei ( Schürhoff, 1938)

( Figs. 4a, b )

Distribution: ANG, DOC, ZAM.

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 1)?; 2) BIE.

Historic records:

— Angola (without locality) ( Schoolmeesters 2018).

Material examined: Satchijamba (13º 44´54.69´´ S, 17º 10´35.03´´ E, 1579 m alt., 303) (BIE), 1♂, 3.XI.2014, BT, A. Serrano & R. Capela leg., ASC .

Remarks. Schoolmeesters (2018) includes Angola in the general distribution of this subspecies without reference to any locality. The Satchijamba adult specimen was collected through BT ( Fig. 1a ) in an open secondary forest (e.g. Fig. 1e ) together with Polystalactica (Trichocelis) jossoi Rojkoff, 2016 , Leucocelis (Leucocelis) amethystina (MacLeay, 1938) , L. (L.) niveoguttata (Blanchard, 1850) , Anthracophorides capeneri Schein, 1955 , Chondrorrhina (Chondrorrhina) picturata ( Harold, 1878) , C. (Plaesiorrhinella) undulata (Bates, 1881) , Diphrontis gerstaeckeri Quedenfeldt, 1884 , Pseudoclinteria infuscata ( Gory & Percheron, 1833) and Stethodesma strachani Bainbridge, 1840 . Biological and other ecological data are not available for this species. It is a new species record for the Bié Province.

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 4. Cetoniinae species of Angola. a and b, Pachnoda discolor kolbei, male (dorsal view) and parameres (frontal view), respectively, Satchijamba, BIE, ASC; c, Pachnoda frontalis (dorsal view), female, MZUC; d, Pachnoda katangensis (dorsal view), female, Luso (=Luena), MOX, IICT; e, Pachnoda leopoldiana (dorsal view), female, MZUC; f, Pachnoda leopoldiana (dorsal view), Dundo, LNO, IICT; g, Pachnoda marginata marginata (dorsal view), male, MZUC; h and i, Pachnoda orphanula nachtigali, male (dorsal view) and parameres (frontal view), respectively, Dundo, LNO, IICT.