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Leucocelis (Leucocelis) haemorrhoidalis

Description

* Leucocelis (Leucocelis) haemorrhoidalis (Fabricius, 1775)

(Fig. 9i)

Distribution: ANG, NAB, RSA, ZIM.

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 2) HUA, MAL.

Historic records: none.

Material examined: Nova Lisboa (= Huambo) (12º 46´S, 15º 44´E, 1650 m alt., 256) (HUA), 20.XII.1974, 1♀, DO, A. Serrano leg., ASC; Mutubanzamba (09º 47´20´´ S, 16º 30´55´´ E, 1136 m alt., 132) (MAL), 21.XI.2015, 1♂, DO, A. Serrano & R. Capela leg., ASC; Carima (Cacuso–Pungandongo) (09º 35´00´´ S, 15º 42´01´´ E, 117 m alt., 130) (MAL), 20.XI.2017, 6♂, 21.XI.2017, 1♂, DO, A. Serrano & R. Capela leg., ASC.

Remarks. All the specimens fit well the description and parameres of this species (Holm & Marais 1992). The Huambo adult specimen was collected on a flower in a meadow. See the remarks under Amaurina spoliata for Carima locality (e.g. see Figs. 9a, 10a). The larvae instars were described by Donaldson (1987). Biological and ecological data were provided by Holm & Marais (1992) and Malec & Šípek (2016). Taking into account artificial breeding conditions, Malec & Šípek (2017) includes it in their group 1. It is a new species record for Angola and Huambo and Malanje Provinces.

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 pages 47-49, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4776.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3821288

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References

  • Marais, E. & Holm, E. (1992) Type catalogue and bibliography of the Cetoniinae of Sub-Saharan Africa. Cimbebasia Memoir, 8, 1 - 125.
  • Donaldson, M. I. J. (1987) Descriptions of, and a key to larvae of some South African Cetoniinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, 123, 1 - 13.
  • Malec, P. & Sipek, P. (2016) On the cetoniine fauna of Eastern Cape (EC) and KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) and the basic guidelines to captive breeding of these beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae). Cetoniimania, Nouvelle Serie, 9, 52 - 78.
  • Malec, P. & Sipek, P. (2017) Additional notes on the biology and ecology of the cetoniine fauna of Eastern Cape (EC) and Kwa- Zulu-Natal (KZN) and remarks on captive breeding of these beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae, Cetoniinae). Cetoniimania, Nouvelle Serie, 12, 35 - 75.