Tmesorrhina iris iris Fabricius, 1781

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 : 109

Tmesorrhina iris iris Fabricius, 1781

Distribution: ANG?, BEN, GHA, RCI.

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 1) LNO.

Historic records:

—Quango (=Cuango) (LNO) ( Quedenfeldt 1884).

Material examined: none.

Remarks. A polytypic species with four subspecies ( Beinhundner 2017a). Quedenfeldt (1884) recorded the species for “Quango-Strom” (Angolan territory), based on material collected by Major von Mechow. However, taking into account the general distribution of the nominal species, it will be necessary to confirm its presence in this country. See also the remarks under the following subspecies.