Pachnodella impressa (Goldfuss, 1805)

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 : 35-37

Pachnodella impressa (Goldfuss, 1805)

( Fig. 6i )

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

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 1) BIE, CCU, CNN, HUI, MAL; 2) HUA, UIG.

Historic records:

—Humbe (CNN), Huíla (HUI) ( Paulino de Oliveira 1882 sub Cetonia impressa Goldfuss );

—Malange (= Malanje) (MAL) ( Quedenfeldt 1884 sub Pachnoda impressa Goldf. );

—Dongo (HUI), Mukuva (=Mocuva), Menong (=Menongue) (CCU) ( Bourgoin 1925 sub Conostethus impressus Goldf. );

—Silva Porto (=Kuito=Cuito) (BIE) ( Gomes Alves 1973 sub Conostethus impressus Goldf. ).

New localities reported: Lubango (6 km NW) (14º 52´10.9´´ S, 13º 27´12.6´´E, 1858 m alt., 335) ( HUI), 1- 7.XII.2017, 1♀, P. Schüle leg., PMC (P. Malec, personal communication) .

Material examined: Angola, 3 ♂, 2 ♀, without nºs, 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Nº 2110 (blue label), JPC, box nº I-70, MZUC; Huambo (12º 46´S, 15º 44´E, 1650 m alt., 256) ( HUA), 2 ♀, II.1934, Nº 2190 (blue labels), nº 59 (white labels, red nºs), 2 ♂, 1 ♀, X.1934, Nº 1984 (blue labels), nº 67a (white labels, red nºs), 1 ♀, X.1934, Nº 1989 (blue label), nº 67a (white label, red nº), 3 ♂, X.1934, Nº 1989 (blue labels), nº 77a (white labels, red nºs), J. Pimentel leg., JPC, box nº I-70, MZUC ; Angola, 1 ♂, Nº 1907 (blue label), 1 ♀, Nº 1907 (blue label), nº 88 (white label), 1 ♂, Nº 1907 (blue label), nº 114 (white label), old collection, box nº XIV-83, MZUC; Silva Porto (= Kuito = Cuito ) (12º 23´S, 16º 57´E, 1450 m alt., 234) (BIE), 25.X.1957, 1 ♀, Nº 2946, Estudos Apícolas do Ultramar nº 98, Junta de Investigações Coloniais ( Entomologia ), sub Conostethus impressus Goldf. (Ruter det.), IICT, MUHNAC; C. E. Humpata (coords not available, 335) ( HUI), 17.XII.1965, 1 ex., Nº E.7291, nº 609, H. Rodrigues leg., JPCC, MUHNAC; Quipedro (07º 53´S, 14º 31´E, 690 m alt., 58) ( UIG), 1969, 1♀, nº 4346, A. Bivar de Sousa leg., ABSC, MUHNAC .

Remarks. The species is widespread throughout central, southwestern and southern Africa ( Gomes Alves 1973; Beinhundner 2017a; Schoolmeesters 2018). Curiously, despite the records to Angola (see “Historic records”) the species is not referred for this country in the Ferreira’s catalogue (1965) and Beinhundner’s monograph (2017a). Considering both the old and recent records, it seems a common species with a wide distribution in the central and southern provinces of Angola. The larvae instars were described by Donaldson (1987) and ecological data were provided by Holm & Marais (1992). It is a new record for the Huambo and Uíge Provinces.

Figures

FIGURE 6. Cetoniinae species of Angola. a, Pachnoda rufovirens (dorsal view), female, Kakande, BIE, ASC; b–d) Pachnoda sinuata flaviventris (dorsal views), females of MZUC, Luanda, LUA, ABSC and Luanda, LUA, ASC, respectively; e and f, Pachnoda vethi, male (dorsal view) and parameres (frontal view), respectively, Humpata, HUI, IICT; g, Pachnoda vethi (dorsal view), female, Humpata, HUI, IICT; h, Pachnoda viridana karinae (dorsal view), male, Huambo, HUA, MZUC; i, Pachnodella impressa (dorsal view), female, MZUC.