Oplostomus fuligineus
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* Oplostomus fuligineus (Olivier, 1789)
(Fig. 5e)
Distribution: ANG, DOC, GBI, KEN, MOZ, NAB, NIG, RSA, SEN, ZAM, ZIM.
Distribution in Guinea-Bissau (Administrative Regions): 2) OIO.
Historic records: none.
Material examined: Farim (OIO), 19.VI.1992, 1 ♂, P. Mendoça leg., PMC (Nº 12278) in MUHNAC (Nº 23256).
Remarks. Despite the species presents a wide distribution in Africa (e.g. Schenkling 1921, Gomes Alves 1959, see Oldroyd & Allsopp 2017 also), it was not recorded for GBI until now. The adult specimen of Farim examined was erroneously identified as Diplognatha gagates (Forster, 1771) (det. P. Mendoça). The species is known as the “Large Hive Beetle” and the adults are associated with honey bees and paper wasps, while larvae and pupae live in dung (Péringuey 1907; Scholtz & Holm 1985; Oldroyd & Allsopp 2017). The larvae description, life cycle and several aspects of its biology was provided by Donaldson (1989) and Oldroyd & Allsopp (2017). The last authors noticed that the species have potential to become invasive and highly damaging to beekeeping worldwide. It is a new genus/species record for Guinea-Bissau.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- PMC
- Event date
- 1992-06-19
- Verbatim event date
- 1992-06-19
- Scientific name authorship
- Olivier
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Cetoniidae
- Genus
- Oplostomus
- Species
- fuligineus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Oplostomus fuligineus (Olivier, 1789) sec. Serrano, 2022
References
- Schenkling, S. (1921) Scarabaeidae: Cetoninae. In: Junk, W. (Ed.), Coleopterorum Catalogus. Vol. 72. W. Junk, Berlin, pp. 1 - 431. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / 978 - 94 - 011 - 9697 - 0 _ 1
- Gomes Alves, M. G. (1959) Cetonideos da Africa portuguesa. Memorias da Junta de Investigacao do Ultramar, 8, 63 - 88, pls. 1 - 8.
- Oldroyd, B. P. & Allsopp, M. H. (2017) Risk assessment for large African hive beetles (Oplostomus spp.). A review. Apidologie, 48, 495 - 503. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 13592 - 017 - 0493 - 7
- Peringuey, L. (1907) Descriptive catalogue of the Coleoptera of South Africa. Fam. Lucanidae. Fam. Scarabaeidae. Sub-families: Sericinae, Melolonthinae, Trichiinae, Valginae, Cetoniinae. Transactions of the South African Philosophical Society, 13, 289 - 546, pl. 47.
- Scholtz, C. H. & Holm, E. (1985) Insects of Southern Africa. University of Pretoria, Pretoria, 502 pp.
- Donaldson, M. I. J. (1989) Oplostomus fuligineus (Coleoptera Scarabaeidae): life cycle and biology under laboratory conditions, and its occurrence in bee hives. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 43 (2), 177 - 182.