Acrothyrea (Acrothyrea) rufofemorata (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 : 43

Acrothyrea (Acrothyrea) rufofemorata (Burmeister, 1842)

( Figs. 8g, h )

Distribution: ANG, KEN, RSA.

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 1) MAL.

Historic records:

—Pungo Andongo (MAL) ( Harold 1879 sub Leucocelis rufofemorata Burmeister );

— Angola (without locality) ( Ferreira 1965).

Material examined: Angola, 1 ♀, Nº 1907 (blue label), nº 170 (white label), old collection, box nº IX-78, MZUC .

Remarks. The species has a scattered known distribution throughout southern and eastern Africa ( Ferreira 1965, Beinhundner 2017a). Some ecological notes were given by Holm & Marais (1992). Taking into account the artificial breeding conditions, Malec & Šípek (2017) included this species in their group 3.

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.