Tephraea leucomelona ( Gory & Percheron, 1833 )

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 : 41

Tephraea leucomelona ( Gory & Percheron, 1833)

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

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 1) BIE, CNN.

Historic records:

—Bihe (= Bié) (without locality) (BIE) ( Gory & Percheron 1833);

—Merero (CNN) ( Paulino de Oliveira 1882 sub Cetonia leucomelana Gory & Perch. ).

Material examined: none.

Remarks. The species was originally described from Angola ( Gory & Percheron 1833). The larvae instars of T. leucomelona were described by Donaldson (1987) and oviposition by Donaldson & Todner (1992). Biological and ecological data were provided by Holm (1992) and Holm & Marais (1992).