Scaptobius kochi Schein, 1957

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 : 66-67

Scaptobius kochi Schein, 1957

Distribution: ANG.

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 1) NAM; 2) HUI.

Historic records:

—Ongueria (= Namibe) (NAM) ( Schein 1957);

—Hunguéria (= Namibe) (NAM) ( Ferreira 1965).

New localities reported: Kipungo (40 km W) (coord. not available,? alt., 338) ( HUI), 26.XI.2013, 1 ex., P. Schüle leg., PMC (P. Malec, personal communication) .

Material examined: none

Remarks. The species is endemic of Angola ( Schein 1957). Biological and ecological data are not available. Presumably it presents the same myrmecophilic habits of the other species of this genus. It is a new species record for the Huíla Province.