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Stephanorrhina (Stephanorrhina) guttata subsp. guttata guttata (Olivier 1789

Description

Stephanorrhina (Stephanorrhina) guttata guttata (Olivier, 1789)

(Figs. 24i, 25a, b)

Distribution: ANG, CAM, CON, DOC, GHA, SEN, TOG.

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 1) CAB, HUI; 2) LUA.

Historic records:

—Quilo River (CAB), Huilla (HUI) (Paulino de Oliveira 1882 sub Cerathorrhina guttata Oliv.).

Material examined: Cabinda (CAB), 1 ♂, Nº 1821 (blue label), nº 1 (white label), Anchieta leg., old collection, box nº VI-75, MZUC; Luanda (08º 50´S, 13º 15´E, 70 m alt., 89) (LUA), 1♀, 24.V.1957, Nº E.11002, nº 614, V. V. Pinto leg., sub Coelorrhina (det.?), on Coffea sp., JPCC, MUHNAC.

Remarks. A polytypic species with a complex of five to eight subspecies (Antoine 2004b; Krajcik 2008a; Beinhundner 2017a). It is known by the common name of “Spotted Flower Beetle”. Its distribution overlaps in some localities with S. bella (Allard 1986). Some biodiversity data (abundance and habitat preference) was provided for Stephanorrhina (Stephanorrhina) guttata aschantica Schüroff, 1942 in Benin and Ghana (Le Gall 2015; Joly 2018). It is a new species record for the Luanda Province.

Notes

Published as part of 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, pp. 1-130 in Zootaxa 4776 (1) on page 105, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4776.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3821288

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References

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