Diphrontis gerstaeckeri Quedenfeldt, 1884

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 : 70

Diphrontis gerstaeckeri Quedenfeldt, 1884

( Figs. 15b, c )

Distribution: ANG, BOW, DOC, TAN, ZAM.

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

Historic records:

—Malange (= Malanje) (MAL) ( Quedenfeldt 1884);

— Angola (without locality) ( Ferreira, 1965);

— Angola (without locality) ( Holm 1990c).

Material examined: Satchijamba (13º 44´54.69´´ S, 17º 10´35.03´´ E, 1579 m alt., 303) (BIE), 3.XI.2014, 4♂, 3♀, BT, A. Serrano leg. & R. Capela, ASC .

Remarks. A polychromatic species originally described from Angola ( Quedenfeldt 1884). The adult specimens from Satchijamba were collected by BT ( Fig. 1a ) in an open secondary forest. See also the remarks under Pachnoda discolour kolbei . Some ecological notes were given 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 15. Cetoniinae species of Angola. a, Anthracophorides capeneri (dorsal view), male, Satchijamba, BIE, ASC; b and c, Diphrontis gerstaeckeri (dorsal views), male and female, respectively, Satchijamba, BIE, ASC; d, Diplognatha (Diplognatha) crampeli (dorsal view), MZUC; e, Diplognatha (D.) gagates (dorsal view), female, Dundo, LNO, IICT; f, Diplognatha (D.) silicea (dorsal view), female, Mussende, CUS, ASC; g, Diplognatha (D.) pagana (dorsal view), male, Cateculo (Calulo), CUS, ASC; h, Porphyronota cinnamomea angolensis (dorsal view), male, Dundo, LNO, IICT; i, Porphyronota hebraea hebraea (dorsal view), and associated labels, MZUC.