Pachnoda katangensis ( Burgeon, 1931 )

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 : 29

Pachnoda katangensis ( Burgeon, 1931)

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Distribution: ANG, DOC, ZAM.

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 1) MOX.

Historic records:

—Vila Luso–Lena (=Luena=Léua) (MOX), Fazenda Stª Cruz (Luso=Luena) (MOX) ( Gomes Alves 1973 sub Pachnoda tridentata katangensis Burgeon ).

Material examined: Luso–Lena (=Luena=Léua) (coord. not available, 219) ( MOX), 27.IX.1957, 1 ♀, Nº 2912, Junta de Investigações Coloniais (Entomologia), sub Pachnoda tridentata katangensis Burgeon (Ruter det.), IICT, MUHNAC; Luso (=Luena) (Fazenda Stª Cruz) (11º 46´S, 20º 06´E, 1280 m alt., 219) ( MOX), 23.X.1958, 1 ♀, Nº 3034, Estudos Apícolas do Ultramar, Junta de Investigações Coloniais (Entomologia), sub Pachnoda tridentata katangensis Burgeon (Ruter det.), IICT, MUHNAC .

Remarks. A species described originally from DOC ( Burgeon 1931) and later recorded for ANG ( Gomes Alves 1973). However, while Schoolmeesters (2018) includes Angola in its general distribution, Beinhundner (2017a) even citing Gomes Alves (1973) does not. Biological and ecological data are not available for this species.

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FIGURE 4. Cetoniinae species of Angola. a and b, Pachnoda discolor kolbei, male (dorsal view) and parameres (frontal view), respectively, Satchijamba, BIE, ASC; c, Pachnoda frontalis (dorsal view), female, MZUC; d, Pachnoda katangensis (dorsal view), female, Luso (=Luena), MOX, IICT; e, Pachnoda leopoldiana (dorsal view), female, MZUC; f, Pachnoda leopoldiana (dorsal view), Dundo, LNO, IICT; g, Pachnoda marginata marginata (dorsal view), male, MZUC; h and i, Pachnoda orphanula nachtigali, male (dorsal view) and parameres (frontal view), respectively, Dundo, LNO, IICT.