Diplognatha (Diplognatha) purpurascens (Fabricius, 1801)

Serrano, Artur R. M., 2022, The rose chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) of Guinea-Bissau: an annotated checklist and new records, Zootaxa 5104 (2), pp. 151-195 : 176

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5104.2.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:92754218-B79B-4AA8-8970-36E5E08FC984
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6317665
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scientific name	Diplognatha (Diplognatha) purpurascens (Fabricius, 1801)
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Treatment

Distribution: GBI, TOG.

Distribution in Guinea-Bissau (Administrative Regions): 1) BAF, BOL, CAC.

Historic records:

— Bafatá (BAF), Bubaque (BOL), Suzana (=Susana) (CAC) ( Brivio 1958).

Material examined: none.

Remarks. Despite the species being known from GBI since a long time ago ( Brivio 1958), Beinhundner (2017b) only refers TOG in its distribution and Schoolmeesters (2019) does not even consider its presence in that country. Biological and ecological data are not available for this species.