Stethodesma strachani strachani Bainbridge, 1840

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 : 113

Stethodesma strachani strachani Bainbridge, 1840

( Fig. 27e )

Distribution: ANG, BEN, BUR, CAM, DOC, EQG, GAB, GHA, GUI, KEN, RCA, RCI, RRW, SLN, SUD, TOG, UGA.

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 1) MOX; 2) BIE.

Historic records:

—Vila Luso (=Luena) (MOX) ( Gomes Alves 1973 sub Stethodesma servillei White, 1856 ).

Material examined: Vila Luso (=Luena) (11º 47´S, 19º 55´E, 1300 m alt., 218) ( MOX), 8.IX.1957, 1 ♀, Nº 2881, Stethodesma servillei White, Estudos Apícolas do Ultramar nº 33, Junta de Investigações Coloniais (Entomologia), IICT, MUHNAC; Satchijamba (13º 44´54.69´´ S, 17º 10´35.03´´ E, 1579 m alt., 303) (BIE), 29.X.- 3.XI.2014, 1♂, CT, A. Serrano leg. & R. Capela, ASC .

Remarks. There are two recognized subspecies in this taxon ( Holm 1991b; Beinhundner 2017a). The nominal is predominantly distributed throughout western and central Africa ( Gomes Alves 1973; Beinhundner 2017a). The species was recorded for Angola by Gomes Alves (1973) under the name S. servillei , which represents the other subspecies of this taxon ( Stethodesma strachani servillei White, 1856 ). The adult specimen in Satchijamba was collected by CT ( Fig. 1b ) in an open secondary forest. See also the remarks under Pachnoda discolour kolbei . Some ecological notes were provided by Holm & Marais (1992) and Malec (2015). It is a new species record for the Bié Province.

Figures

FIGURE 1. a, butterfly trap baited with banana and pineapple, Satschijamba, BIE; b, yellow chromotropic trap baited with banana, Satschijamba, BIE; c, light trapping, Satschijamba, BIE; d, rotten logs (direct observation), Somakwanza, BIE; e, secondary open forest, Satschijamba, BIE; f, secondary moist forest, Calulo, CUS.

FIGURE 27. Cetoniinae species of Angola. a, Hegemus peregrinus (dorsal view), female, Huíla, HUI, JPCC; b, Hypselogenia geotrupina geotrupina (dorsal view), female, MZUC; c and d, Pseudoclinteria infuscata (dorsal views), male and female, respectively, Satchijamba, BIE, ASC; e, Stethodesma strachani strachani (dorsal view), male, Satchijamba, BIE, ASC; f and g, Platygenia barbata (dorsal views), male and female, respectively, Dundo, LNO, IICT; h, Clastocnemis quadrimaculatus quadrimaculatus (dorsal view), male, Dundo, LNO, IICT; i) Myodermum alutaceum (dorsal view), male, Mussende, CUS, ASC.