Stephanorrhina (Stephanorrhina) guttata guttata (Olivier, 1789)

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 : 105

Stephanorrhina (Stephanorrhina) guttata guttata (Olivier, 1789)

( Figs. 24i , 25a, b )

Distribution: ANG, CAM, CON, DOC, GHA, SEN, TOG.

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 1) CAB, HUI; 2) LUA.

Historic records:

—Quilo River (CAB), Huilla (HUI) ( Paulino de Oliveira 1882 sub Cerathorrhina guttata Oliv. ).

Material examined: Cabinda ( CAB), 1 ♂, Nº 1821 (blue label), nº 1 (white label), Anchieta leg., old collection, box nº VI-75, MZUC; Luanda (08º 50´S, 13º 15´E, 70 m alt., 89) ( LUA), 1♀, 24.V.1957, Nº E.11002, nº 614, V. V. Pinto leg., sub Coelorrhina (det.?), on Coffea sp., JPCC, MUHNAC.

Remarks. A polytypic species with a complex of five to eight subspecies ( Antoine 2004b; Krajcik 2008a; Beinhundner 2017a). It is known by the common name of “Spotted Flower Beetle”. Its distribution overlaps in some localities with S. bella ( Allard 1986) . Some biodiversity data (abundance and habitat preference) was provided for Stephanorrhina (Stephanorrhina) guttata aschantica Schüroff, 1942 in Benin and Ghana ( Le Gall 2015; Joly 2018). It is a new species record for the Luanda Province.

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FIGURE 24. Cetoniinae species of Angola. a, Pedinorrhina sellata lequeuxi (dorsal view), male, Mussende, CUS, ASC; b, Pedinorrhina subaenea subaenea (dorsal view), MZUC; c and d, Ptychodesthes bicostata intermedia (dorsal views), male and female, respectively, MZUC; e and f, Stephanorrhina (Aphelorrhina) bella bella (dorsal views), male and female, respectively, MZUC; g and h, Stephanorrhina (A.) tibialis tibialis (dorsal views), male, habitus and head and pronotum, respectively, MZUC; i, Stephanorrhina (Stephanorrhina) guttata guttata (dorsal view), and associated labels, female, Luanda, LUA, JPCC.

FIGURE 25. Cetoniinae species of Angola. a and b, Stephanorrhina (Stephanorrhina) guttata guttata (dorsal views), male, habitus and head and pronotum, respectively, MZUC; c, Taurhina (Rhamphorrhina) splendens (dorsal view), female, MZUC; d and e, Taurhina (Taurhina) longiceps longiceps (dorsal views), male and female, respectively, MZUC; f, Taurhina (T.) longiceps longiceps (dorsal view), male, Salazar (=Ndalatando), CNO, ABSC; g, Tmesorrhina iris saundersi (dorsal view), female, Kibundi, MAL, ASC; h and i, Tmesorrhina laeta burgeoni, male (dorsal view) and parameres (frontal view), respectively, Mussende, CUS, ASC.