Pachnodella marginella marginella (Fabricius, 1775)

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 : 37

Pachnodella marginella marginella (Fabricius, 1775)

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Distribution: ANG, BEN, CAM, CON, DOC, GUI, RCI, SEN, SLN.

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 1) LNO.

Historic records:

— Angola (without locality) ( Paulino de Oliveira 1882 sub Cetonia marginella Fal. ?);

—Dundo (LNO) ( Gomes Alves 1959 sub Pachnoda marginella Fabricius ).

Material examined: Dundo (7º 22´S, 20º 50´E, 1470 m alt., 51) ( LNO), -. XI.1948, 1 ♂, Nº 2140, IICT, MUH- NAC .

Remarks. The species is widely distributed throughout western and southwestern Africa ( Gomes Alves 1959; Schoolmeesters 2018). Tchibozo et al. (2008) and Touroult & Le Gall (2013) provided biodiversity information (abundance, habitat preference) of this species for Benin. There is also a reference citing this species from a remnant moist Afromontane forest in Ethiopia ( Kebede & Isotalo 2016). Pachnodella marginella was not referred for Angola in the Ferreira’s catalogue (1965). However, Gomes Alves (1959) provided some biological comments on this species for Guinea-Bissau and Angola. Larvae in the former country were found associated with Oryctes larvae in decaying trunks of Olaea palms. The species is considered a pest of citrus orchards in Ghana due to its economic impact ( Aidoo et al. 2016). The third instar larva was described by Jerath & Unny (1965).

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FIGURE 7. Cetoniinae species of Angola. a, Pachnodella marginella marginella (dorsal view), male, Dundo, LNO, IICT; b–e) Phonotaenia balteata (dorsal views), MZUC; f, Phonotaenia scalaris (dorsal view), female, Rio Muita, LNO, IICT; g, Polystalactica (Polystalactica) affinis affinis (dorsal view), male, Cuima–Cusse, HUA, ASC; h, Polystalactica (Trichocelis) jossoi (dorsal view), female, Satchijamba, BIE, ASC; i, Rhabdotis semipunctata (dorsal view), male, MZUC.