Pachnoda bukobensis Moser, 1914

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 : 26-28

* Pachnoda bukobensis Moser, 1914

( Figs. 3h, i )

Distribution: ANG, DOC, UGA, ZIM.

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 2)?

Historic records: none

Material examined: Angola, 1 ♂, Nº 1907 (blue label), nº 118 (white label), old collection, box nº XIV-83, MZUC .

Remarks. The species was originally described from Bukoba (northeastern Tanzania) ( Moser 1914a, Beinhundner 2017a). It is very similar with Pachnoda rubrocincta (Hope, 1847) , but both taxa are easily segregated by morphological features ( Moser 1914a, Ruter 1958) and parameres conformation ( Rigout 1989). The male adult specimen of MZUC fits very well this species ( Figs. 3h, i ). Biological and ecological data are not available for this species. It is a new species record for Angola.

Figures

FIGURE 3. Cetoniinae species of Angola. a–c, Dolichostethus levis (dorsal views), MZUC; d, Pachnoda acutipennis (dorsal view), and associated labels, female, Dundo, LNO, IICT; e and f, Pachnoda acutipennis, female (ventral view) and pygidium, female, Dundo, LNO, IICT; g, Pachnoda ardoini lydae (dorsal view), female, MZUC; h and i, Pachnoda bukobensis (dorsal and ventral views, respectively), male, MZUC.