Tephraea dichroa (Schaum, 1844)

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 dichroa (Schaum, 1844)

( Figs. 8a, b )

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

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 2) HUI.

Historic records: none.

New localities reported: Cacula (10 km SW) (coord. not available,? alt., 317) ( HUI), 4-6.XI.2011, 1 ex., P. Schüle leg., PMC (P. Malec, personal communication) .

Material examined: Angola, 1 ♂, Nº 1907 (blue label), 152 (white label), Welwitsch leg., Old collection, box nº VI- 75, MZUC ; Angola, 1 ♀, Nº 1907 (blue label), nº 153 (white label), old collection, box nº IX-78, MZUC .

Remarks. The species is strongly polychromatic ( Beinhundner 2017a). The adult specimens of MZUC fit very well this species ( Figs. 8a, b ) and it is probably that at least the male specimen had been collected in the south of Angola, a territory well explored by Welwitsch. This assumption is supported by the Cacula specimen. Unfortunately, the MZUC specimens do not present any reference (label or register) to the locality from where were the specimens were captured in Angola. It is a new species record for Angola and Huíla Province.

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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.