Pachnoda poggei ( Harold, 1878 )

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 : 31

Pachnoda poggei ( Harold, 1878)

( Fig. 5c )

Distribution: ANG, DOC.

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 1) LNO.

Historic records:

—“Inneren Guinea ” ( Angola, without locality) ( Harold 1878 sub Cetonia poggei Har. );

—Dundo (LNO) ( Gomes Alves 1959, Ferreira 1965).

Material examined: None.

Remarks. The species was recorded for Angola by Gomes Alves (1959). Strangely, while the parameres ( Fig. 5c ) are in the IICT, the correspondent adult specimen, correctly identified by Gomes Alves (1959), was not found. Biological and ecological data are not available for this species.

Figures

FIGURE 5. Cetoniinae species of Angola. a, Pachnoda orphanula nachtigali (dorsal view), male, MZUC; b, Pachnoda picturata (dorsal view), female, MZUC; c, Pachnoda poggei, parameres (frontal view), Dundo, LNO, IICT; d and e, Pachnoda rubriventris rubrocinctoides, male (dorsal view) and parameres (lateral view), respectively, Carima, MAL, ASC; f and g, Pachnoda rubrocincta (dorsal views), male and female, respectively, MZUC; h and i, Pachnoda rufovirens, male (dorsal view) and parameres (frontal view), respectively, Kakande, BIE, ASC.