Discopeltis tricolor tricolor Burmeister, 1842

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 : 45

* Discopeltis tricolor tricolor Burmeister, 1842

( Figs. 9b, c )

Distribution: ANG, BOW, MOZ, RSA, ZAM, ZIM.

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 2)?

Historic records: None.

Material examined: Angola, 1 ex., Nº 1907 and 181, old collection, box nº XIV-83, MZUC .

Remarks. There are four subspecies recognized in this species ( Holm 1991c). An adult specimen ( Figs. 9b, c ) deposited in the “old collection” of Angola of MZUC fits well this species. There is another specimen (female) housed in the “old collection” of Angola of MZUC [ Angola, Nº 1907 (blue label), nº 204 (white label), box nº IX- 78] very similar to this species, but with slight differences on the conformation of pronotum and its colour. Whithout a male specimen it is difficult to confirm the species identity (R. Perissinotto and S. Rojkoff, personal communications). Ecological data are available in Holm (1991a) and Holm & Marais (1992). It is a new species record for Angola.

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FIGURE 9. Cetoniinae species of Angola. a, Amaurina spoliata: adult feeding in a tomentose herbaceus plant, Carima, MAL; b and c, Discopeltis tricolor tricolor (dorsal views), habitus and head and pronotum, respectively, MZUC; d, Leucocelis (Amauroleucocelis) cognata (dorsal view), MZUC; e and f, Leucocelis (Leucocelis) adspersa adspersa (dorsal and ventral views, respectively), female, MZUC; g, Leucocelis (Leucocelis) amethystina (dorsal view), female, Satchijamba, BIE, ASC; h, Leucocelis (Leucocelis) cupricollis (dorsal view), MZUC; i, Leucocelis (Leucocelis) haemorrhoidalis (dorsal view), male, Carima, MAL, ASC.