Gnathocera cruda leopoldi (Bourgoin, 1929)

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 : 95

* Gnathocera cruda leopoldi (Bourgoin, 1929)

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Distribution: ANG, DOC.

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 1) LNO.

Historic records: none.

Material examined: Angola, 1 ♀, Nº 1907 (blue label), nº 142 (white label) , 2 ♂, Nº 1907 (blue labels), nº 143 (white labels), 1 ♂, Nº 1907 (blue label), old collection, box nº IX-78, MZUC.

Remarks. This subspecies of G. cruda was established by Antoinne (2002a), but Krajcik (2008a) and Beinhundner (2017a) raised it to the species level without any explanation. Its presence in Angola is suggested by Antoine (2002a) based on Ruter’s notes under the invalid name G. cruda machadoi , a form never described by Ruter (see Allard 1991), which fits very well the description of G. cruda leopoldi ( Antoine 2002a) . However, this author ( Antoine 2002a) studied many specimens and segregated G. cruda gracilis and G. cruda leopoldi by its geographic distribution [the former in ANG, CON and DOC and the later in DOC (“Haut Zaire et Shaba=Katanga)]. The MZUC specimens fit well the description of G. cruda leopoldi , but we can not precise their localization in Angola. Biological or ecological data are not available for this subspecies. It is a new subspecies record for Angola.

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FIGURE 22. Cetoniinae species of Angola. a, Gnathocera cruda gracilis (dorsal view), male, MZUC; b, Gnathocera cruda leopoldi (dorsal view), male, MZUC; c and d, Gnathocera marginata (dorsal views), males, MZUC and Dundo, LNO, IICT, respectively; e, Gnathocera overlaeti (dorsal view), male, Dundo, LNO, IICT; f, Gnathocera trivialis (dorsal view), male, Muita, LNO, IICT; g and h, Gnathocera trivittata ardoini (dorsal views), male and female, respectively, Dundo, LNO, IICT; i, Gnathocera trivittata dorsodiscolor (dorsal view), male, MZUC.