Niphetophora helota ( Kolbe, 1895 )

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 : 25

Niphetophora helota ( Kolbe, 1895)

Distribution: ANG, DOC.

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 1) MAL.

Historic records:

—Pungo Andongo, Malange (= Malanje) (MAL) ( Kolbe 1895 sub Oxyrrhaphia helota Kolbe );

—Mulange (= Malanje), Pungo Andongo (MAL) ( Antoine & Holm 1993).

Material examined: none.

Remarks. The species is known only based on the type series which includes Angolan and DOC [“Mukenge in Baluba-Land ( Belgium Congo: Kasai-Occidental Prov.”] specimens ( Kolbe 1895, Antoine & Holm 1993). Beinhundner (2017a) considers only Angola in its distribution. Biological and ecological data are not available for this species.