Microvalgus (Microvalgus) carinulatus (Kolbe, 1892)

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 : 184

* Microvalgus (Microvalgus) carinulatus (Kolbe, 1892)

( Fig. 7c )

Distribution: GAM, BEN, GBI, GUI, RCI, TOG.

Distribution in Guinea-Bissau (Administrative Regions): 2) QUN.

Historic records: none.

Material examined: Cantanha (P.N. L. Cufada) (11º 42´08.31´´ N, 15º 02´02.79´´ W, 18 m alt.) (QUN), 18.VII.2009, 1 ♂, DO, A. Serrano leg., ASC .

Remarks. The species is distributed throughout West Africa ( Antoine 1997b; Schoolmeesters 2019). Like other representatives of Valgini , which are flower visitors, the Cantanha adult specimen was captured on a yellow flower of an herbaceous plant (not identified). Biological and ecological data are not available for this species. The reference to Guinea-Bissau in the Catalog of Life for this species is an error (Schoolmeesters, personal communication). It is a new genus/species record for Guinea-Bissau.

Figures

FIGURE 7. Cetoniinae species of Guinea-Bissau. a, Clastocnemis quadrimaculatus (dorsal view), female, Susana, CAC, ASC; b, Myodermum alutaceum (dorsal view), male, Canchungo-Caió, CAC, ASC; c, Microvalgus carinulatus (dorsal view), male, Cantanha, QUN, ASC.