Rhabdotis semipunctata ( Fabricius, 1787 )

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 : 39-41

Rhabdotis semipunctata ( Fabricius, 1787)

( Fig. 7i )

Distribution: ANG, BOW, NAB, RSA, ZIM.

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 1) CNN.

Historic records:

— Angola (without locality) ( Fabricius 1787 sub Cetonia semipunctata F.);

—Merero (CNN) ( Paulino de Oliveira 1882);

— Angola (without locality) ( Rigout & Allard 1992).

Material examined: Angola, 1 ♂, 1 ex., Nº 1975 (blue labels), nº 210 (white labels), RQC/CSFC, box nº II-71, MZUC .

Remarks. The species is known from Angola since Fabricius (1787). The larvae instars of R. semipunctata were described by Donaldson (1987). Ecological data were provided by Holm & Marais (1992).

Figures

FIGURE 7. Cetoniinae species of Angola. a, Pachnodella marginella marginella (dorsal view), male, Dundo, LNO, IICT; b–e) Phonotaenia balteata (dorsal views), MZUC; f, Phonotaenia scalaris (dorsal view), female, Rio Muita, LNO, IICT; g, Polystalactica (Polystalactica) affinis affinis (dorsal view), male, Cuima–Cusse, HUA, ASC; h, Polystalactica (Trichocelis) jossoi (dorsal view), female, Satchijamba, BIE, ASC; i, Rhabdotis semipunctata (dorsal view), male, MZUC.