Pachnoda orphanula nachtigali (Kraatz, 1885)

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 : 31

Pachnoda orphanula nachtigali (Kraatz, 1885)

( Figs. 4h, i , 5a )

Distribution: ANG, CON, DOC.

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 1) LNO.

Historic records:

—Dundo (LNO) ( Gomes Alves 1959 and Ferreira 1965 sub Pachnoda nachtigali var. pseudomarginata Burgeon ).

Material examined: Angola, 1 ♂, Nº 1907 (blue label), nº 122 (white label), Monteiro leg., old collection, box nº XIV-83, MZUC; Dundo (7º 22´S, 20º 50´E, 1470 m alt., 51) ( LNO), -. X.1948 , 1 ♂, Nº 2130, Junta de Investiga- ções Coloniais (Entomologia), IICT, MUHNAC.

Remarks. The species is polytypic, but the number of valid subspecies remains controversial. Marais & Holm (1992), Krajcik (2008a) and Schoolmeesters (2018) recognized five subspecies in Africa, including the nominal one. However, Beinhundner (2017a) recognized also Pachnoda orphanula pseudomarginata Burgeon, 1932 as a good subspecies, which is considered a synonym of P. orphanula nachtigali by the former authors. The subspecies was recorded for northeastern Angola by Gomes Alves (1959). The adult male specimens of MZUC and MUHNAC fit well this species description, including the parameres conformation ( Figs. 4h, i , 5a ). The MUHNAC specimen was collected by light trapping. Biological and ecological data are not available for this subspecies.

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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.

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.