Pachnoda vethi Lansberge, 1886

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 : 34-35

Pachnoda vethi Lansberge, 1886

( Figs. 6e, f, g )

Distribution: ANG.

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 1) BGU; 2) HUI.

Historic records:

— Benguela (BGU) ( Lansberge 1886);

— Angola (without locality) (Schüroff 1938 and Ferreira 1965 sub P. angolensis Schürhoff );

— Angola (without locality) ( Rigout 1989).

Material examined: Humpata (15º 01´S, 13º 23´E, 1940 m alt., 355) ( HUI), 20.XI.1957, 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Nº 2965, Estudos Apícolas do Ultramar nº 117, Junta de Investigações Coloniais (Entomologia), IICT, MUHNAC .

Remarks. The species is endemic of Angola ( Beinhundner 2017a, Schoolmeesters 2018). It seems a rare species ( Rigout 1989). The adult specimens of Humpata (IICT) were determined under the name of Pachnoda rufovirens (Gomes Alves det.). Biological and ecological data are not available for this species. It is a new species record for the Huíla Province.

Figures

FIGURE 6. Cetoniinae species of Angola. a, Pachnoda rufovirens (dorsal view), female, Kakande, BIE, ASC; b–d) Pachnoda sinuata flaviventris (dorsal views), females of MZUC, Luanda, LUA, ABSC and Luanda, LUA, ASC, respectively; e and f, Pachnoda vethi, male (dorsal view) and parameres (frontal view), respectively, Humpata, HUI, IICT; g, Pachnoda vethi (dorsal view), female, Humpata, HUI, IICT; h, Pachnoda viridana karinae (dorsal view), male, Huambo, HUA, MZUC; i, Pachnodella impressa (dorsal view), female, MZUC.