Xeloma leprosa (Burmeister, 1842)

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 : 42

Xeloma leprosa (Burmeister, 1842)

( Fig. 8d )

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

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 1)?

Historic records:

— Angola (without locality) (Kraatz 1889 sub Pseudoprotaetia puncticollis Kraatz );

— Angola (without locality) ( Ferreira 1965 sub Pseudoprotaetia puncticollis Kraatz );

— Angola (lectotype, without locality) (Holm 1988) .

Material examined: Angola, 10 exs, Nº 1907 (blue labels), nº 143a (white labels), old collection, box nº XIV- 83, MZUC.

Remarks. The species was recorded for Angola, but no precise localities are known (e.g. Ferreira 1965, Holm 1988). Biological and ecological notes are available in Holm & Marais (1992).

Figures

FIGURE 8. Cetoniinae species of Angola. a) Tephraea dichroa (dorsal view), and associated labels, male, MZUC; b, Tephraea dichroa (dorsal view), female, MZUC; c, Trichocephala (Trichocephala) angolensis (dorsal view), MZUC; d, Xeloma leprosa (dorsal view), MZUC; e and f, Xeloma tomentosa angolensis (dorsal views), MZUC and Chianga, HUA, JPCC, respectively; g and h, Acrothyrea rufofemorata (dorsal and ventral views, respectively), female, MZUC; i, Amaurina spoliata (dorsal view), male, Capingana–Satchijamba, BIE, ASC.