Chlorocala africana africana (Drury, 1773)

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 : 82

Chlorocala africana africana (Drury, 1773)

( Fig. 18c )

Distribution: ANG, GHA, GUI, RCA, SEN, TOG.

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 1) LNO.

Historic records:

—Dundo (LNO) ( Gomes Alves 1959 and Ferreira 1965 sub Smaragdesthes africana Drury ).

Material examined: Angola, 1 ♀, Nº 1907 (blue label), nº 54 (white label), Crreeff leg. (label information), sub Heterorrhina africana Drury , old collection, box nº IX-78, MZUC .

Remarks. There are several subspecies in this taxon (e.g. 26 in Beinhundner 2017a), probably some of them without taxonomic value. The larva of the third instar of C. africana was described by Kühbander & Carl (1994). Ecological data were provided by Holm & Marais (1992) for C. africana subsuturalis (Kraatz, 1891) .

Figures

FIGURE 18. Cetoniinae species of Angola. a, Caelorrhina relucens (ventral view), male, MZUC; b, Cheirolasia burkei burkei (dorsal view), and associated label, Calai, CCU, JPCC; c, Chlorocala africana africana (dorsal view), and associated labels, female, MZUC; d, Chlorocala africana mutica (dorsal view), male, Pungandongo, MAL, ASC; e, Chlorocala africana mutica (dorsal view), and associated labels, female, Cabinda, MZUC; f, Chlorocara inermis (dorsal view), female, Mussende, CUS, ASC; g, Chlorocala monoceros (dorsal view), female, Luanda, LUA, IICT; h, Chondrorrhina (Chondrorrhina) picturata (dorsal view), female, Somakwanza, BIE, ASC; i, Chondrorrhina (C.) trivittata trivittata (dorsal view), Cabinda, MZUC.