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Eudicella (Cyprolais) loricata subsp. loricata loricata (Janson 1877

Description

Eudicella (Cyprolais) loricata loricata (Janson, 1877)

(Figs. 20f, g)

Distribution: ANG, DOC, MAW, RCA, TAN, ZAM.

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 1) HUI, 2) BIE.

Historic records:

— Angola (HUI) [Oram 2015, syntype].

Material examined: Angola, 1 ♂, Nº 1907 (blue label), nº 60 (white label), Welwitch leg., 1 ♂, Nº 1907 (blue label), nº 64 (white label), old collection, box nº IX-78, MZUC; Angola, 1 ♀, Nº 1907 (blue label), old collection, box nº IX-78, MZUC; Mumbué (Cuanza riverhead) (13º 49´39.97´´ S, 17º 19´20.32´´ E, 1524 m alt., 303) (BIE), 3–9.IV.2014, 1♂, CT, A. Serrano & R. Capela leg., ASC.

Remarks. The species was originally described from Angola based on a specimen collected by Welwitsch among a dozen taken in a cluster on a flower (Janson 1877a). Eight subspecies are recognized in this species (Beinhundner 2017a). Antoine (1996b) and Oram (2015) gave some morphological details of head and parameres of this species. Single male of Mumbué (Fig. 20g) was collected by means of CT (e.g. Fig. 1b) in an open secondary forest together with A. picturata. Some ecological data are provided by Holm & Marais (1992). It is a new species record for the Bié 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 90, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4776.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3821288

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
HUI
Event date
2014-04-03
Verbatim event date
2014-04-03/09
Scientific name authorship
loricata (Janson
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Cetoniidae
Genus
Eudicella
Species
loricata
Taxon rank
subSpecies
Type status
syntype
Taxonomic concept label
Eudicella (Cyprolais) loricata subsp. loricata (Janson, 1877 sec. Serrano, Capela, Nunes & Santos, 2020

References

  • Oram, D. A (2015) A new species of Eudicella White subgenus Cyprolais Thomson from the Republic of Zambia, Africa (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae). Cetoniimania, Nouvelle Serie, 8, 77 - 84.
  • Janson, O. E. (1877 a) Notices of new or little known Cetoniidae No. 2. Cistula Entomologica, 2, 141 - 147.
  • Beinhundner, G. (2017 a) The Cetoniinae of Africa (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Privately published, Euerbach, 1199 pp.
  • Antoine, Ph. (1996 b) Identification de Cetonia quadrimaculata Fabricius (Coleoptera, Cetoniidae). Revue Francaise d'Entomologie, Nouvelle Serie, 18 (3), 111 - 114.
  • Marais, E. & Holm, E. (1992) Type catalogue and bibliography of the Cetoniinae of Sub-Saharan Africa. Cimbebasia Memoir, 8, 1 - 125.