Pseudoclinteria infuscata ( Gory & Percheron, 1833 )

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 : 112-113

Pseudoclinteria infuscata ( Gory & Percheron, 1833)

( Figs. 27c, d ) Distribution: ANG, DOC, ETI, KEN, MAW, MOZ, RSA, SEN, TAN, ZIM, ZAM. Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 1) HUI; 2) BIE. Historic records: —Angola (without locality) ( Paulino de Oliveira 1882 sub Clinteria infuscata Gory & Percheron ); —Huilla (without locality) (HUI) ( Schoch 1896 and Holm 1991b sub Clinteria maculicollis Schoch ); —“Port. O. Afr.” (Angola?, without locality) ( Kuntzen 1930 and Holm 1991b sub Clinteria infuscata goetzei

v. peringueyi Kuntzen ); — Huíla (without locality) (HUI) [ Ferreira, 1965 sub Clinteria infuscata (Gory & Percheron) ab. macullicolis

Schoch].

New localities reported: Negola (3,5 km SW) (14º 08´53´´ S, 14º 28´16´´ E, 1613 m alt., 317) ( HUI), 11- 12.XI.2013, 1♂, P. Schüle leg., PMC (P. Malec, personal communication) .

Material examined: Angola, 3 exs, Nº 1907 (blue labels), nºs 154, 187 and 200 (white labels), old collection, box nº IX-78, MZUC; Satchijamba (13º 44´54.69´´ S, 17º 10´35.03´´ E, 1579 m alt., 303) (BIE), 3.XI.2014, 3♂, 3♀, BT, 29.X.-3.XI.2014, 1♂, 3♀, CT, A. Serrano leg. & R. Capela, ASC; Mumbué ( Kwanza River spring) (13º 49´41´´ S, 17º 19´26´´ E, 1511 m alt., 303) (BIE), 8-17.XI.2015, 1♂, CT, A. Serrano leg. & R. Capela, ASC .

Remarks. The species is very polychromatic. The adult specimens in Satchijamba were collected by BT and CT ( Figs. 1a, b ) in an open secondary forest ( Fig. 1e ). See also the remarks under Pachnoda discolour kolbei . Some ecological data were provided by Holm & Marais (1992). 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.