Pachnoda rufovirens Quedenfeldt, 1884

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 : 32-34

Pachnoda rufovirens Quedenfeldt, 1884

( Figs. 5h, i , 6a )

Distribution: ANG.

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 1) LNO, MAL; 2) BIE, HUA.

Historic records:

—Malange (= Malanje) (MAL) ( Quedenfeldt 1884);

—Dundo (LNO) ( Gomes Alves 1959; Ferreira 1965);

— Angola (without locality) ( Rigout 1989).

Material examined: Angola, 1 ♂, Nº 1907 (blue label), nº 135 (white label), old collection, box nº XIV-83, MZUC ; Angola, 1 ♂, Nº 2103 (blue label), JPC, box nº I-70, MZUC; Huambo (12º 46´S, 15º 44´E, 1650 m alt., 256) ( HUA), 1 ♂, X.1934, Nº 1984 (blue label), nº 67a (white label, red number), J. Pimentel leg., box nº I-70; Dundo (7º 22´S, 20º 50´E, 1470 m alt., 51) ( LNO), -. X.1948, 1 ♀, Nº 2148, Junta de Investigações Coloniais , Pachnoda rufovirens Quedenfeldt (Ruter det.), IICT, MUHNAC; Kakande (12º 42´50.41´´ S, 16º 45´33.57´´ E, 1716 m alt., 258) (BIE), 30.XI.2017, 1♂, 1♀, DO, A. Serrano leg. ASC .

Remarks. A species described from Angola ( Quedenfeldt 1884) and as far as we know only known from this country ( Beinhundner 2017a). Marais & Holm (1992) and Krajcik (2008a) considered this species a synonym of P. discolor kolbei Schürhoff, 1938 . However, both taxa are easily segregated by the parameres conformation ( Rigout 1989). The male adult specimens of MUHNAC and Kakande fit well this species description, including the parameres (e.g. Fig. 5i ). The Kakande adult specimens were collected alive on the soil in a secondary open forest, being apparently anesthetized by the consumption of tree saps. Biological and ecological data are not available for this species. It is a new species record for the Bié and Huambo Provinces.

Figures

FIGURE 5. Cetoniinae species of Angola. a, Pachnoda orphanula nachtigali (dorsal view), male, MZUC; b, Pachnoda picturata (dorsal view), female, MZUC; c, Pachnoda poggei, parameres (frontal view), Dundo, LNO, IICT; d and e, Pachnoda rubriventris rubrocinctoides, male (dorsal view) and parameres (lateral view), respectively, Carima, MAL, ASC; f and g, Pachnoda rubrocincta (dorsal views), male and female, respectively, MZUC; h and i, Pachnoda rufovirens, male (dorsal view) and parameres (frontal view), respectively, Kakande, BIE, ASC.

FIGURE 6. Cetoniinae species of Angola. a, Pachnoda rufovirens (dorsal view), female, Kakande, BIE, ASC; b–d) Pachnoda sinuata flaviventris (dorsal views), females of MZUC, Luanda, LUA, ABSC and Luanda, LUA, ASC, respectively; e and f, Pachnoda vethi, male (dorsal view) and parameres (frontal view), respectively, Humpata, HUI, IICT; g, Pachnoda vethi (dorsal view), female, Humpata, HUI, IICT; h, Pachnoda viridana karinae (dorsal view), male, Huambo, HUA, MZUC; i, Pachnodella impressa (dorsal view), female, MZUC.