Chondrorrhina (Plaesiorrhinella) undulata (Bates, 1881)

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 : 89

* Chondrorrhina (Plaesiorrhinella) undulata (Bates, 1881)

( Figs. 20a, b )

Distribution: ANG, DOC, MAW, TAN, UGA, ZAM.

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

Historic records:

—Dundo (LNO) ( Gomes Alves 1959, Ferreira 1965 sub Plaesiorrhina cinctuta Voet ).

New localities reported: Nova Monção (10 km SW) (coord. not available,? alt., 279) ( HUA), 13.XI.2013, 1♂, P. Schüle leg., PMC (P. Malec, personal communication) .

Material examined: Dundo (7º 22´S, 20º 50´E, 1470 m alt., 51) ( LNO), 2.V.1946, 1 ♂, Nº 650, Plaesiorrhina cinctuta Voet (Gomes Alves det.), Junta de Investigações do Ultramar (Entomologia), IICT, MUHNAC; Satchijamba (13º 44´54.69´´ S, 17º 10´35.03´´ E, 1579m alt., 303) (BIE), 3.XI.2014, 11♂, 7♀, BT, 29.X–3.XI.2014, 7♂, 6♀, CT, A. Serrano & R. Capela leg., ASC; Chingueia (13º 36´59´´ S, 16º 57´49´´ E, 1628m, 302) (BIE), 12.XI.2015, 1♂, BT, A. Serrano & R. Capela leg., ASC; Carima (Cacuso-Pungo Andongo) (09º 35´00´´ S, 15º 42´01´´ E, 1117 m alt., 130) ( MAL), 17–21.XI.2017, 1♂, 1♀, CT, A. Serrano & R. Capela leg., ASC .

Remarks. Like the precedent species/subspecies this is another controversial taxon, sometimes treated as a valid species ( Marais & Holm 1992; Holm 1994; Krajcik, 2008a), or as a subspecies of C. (P.) plana (e.g. Allard 1991). The Satchijamba, Chingueia and Carima adult specimens were collected by means of BT and CT, or only CT, respectively, in open secondary forests. See also the remarks under Chlorocala africana mutica . It is a new species record for Angola and the Bié, Huambo, Lunda Norte and Malanje Provinces.

Figures

FIGURE 20. Cetoniinae species of Angola. a and b, Chondrorrhina (Plaesiorrhinella) undulata (dorsal views), male and female, respectively, Satchijamba, BIE, ASC; c, Dicronorrhina derbyana derbyana (dorsal view), male, MZUC; d and e, Dicronorrhina johnstoni (dorsal views), male and female, respectively, MZUC; f and g, Eudicella (Cyprolais) loricata loricata (dorsal views), males, MZUC and Mumbué, BIE, ASC, respectively; h and i, Eudicella (Eudicella) gralli (dorsal views), males, MZUC and Salazar (=Ndalatando), CNO, JPCC, respectively.