Leucocelis (Leucocelis) amethystina (MacLeay, 1938)

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 : 47

Leucocelis (Leucocelis) amethystina (MacLeay, 1938)

( Fig. 9g )

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

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 1) LNO, MAL; 2) BIE, HUI.

Historic records:

—Malange (= Malanje) (MAL), Quango=Cuango (LNO) ( Quedenfeldt 1884 sub Leucocelis dysenterica Boh. ).

Material examined: Angola, 3 exs, Nº 1907 (blue labels), nºs 165, 172 and 196 (white labels), 1 ex., Nº 1907 (blue label), old collection, box nº IX-78, MZUC; Tchivinguiro (Chão da Cela) (15º 10´S, 13º 18´E, 1600 m alt., 355) (HUI), 23.XI.1957, 1 ex., Nº 2969, Leucocelis amethystina MacLeay (Gomes Alves det.), Estudos Apícolas do Ultramar nº121, Junta de Investigações do Ultramar (Entomologia), IICT, MUHNAC; Satchijamba (13º 44´54.69´´ S, 17º 10´35.03´´ E, 1579 m alt., 303) (BIE), 3.XI.2014, 1♀, BT, A. Serrano leg. & R. Capela, ASC .

Remarks. The Satchijamba adult specimen was sampled by BT ( Fig. 1a ) in a secondary open forest. See also the remarks for Pachnoda discolour kolbei . Donaldson (1987) described the larvae. Biological and ecological data were provided by Holm & Marais (1992). It is a new species record for the Bié and Huíla Provinces.

Figures

FIGURE 1. a, butterfly trap baited with banana and pineapple, Satschijamba, BIE; b, yellow chromotropic trap baited with banana, Satschijamba, BIE; c, light trapping, Satschijamba, BIE; d, rotten logs (direct observation), Somakwanza, BIE; e, secondary open forest, Satschijamba, BIE; f, secondary moist forest, Calulo, CUS.

FIGURE 9. Cetoniinae species of Angola. a, Amaurina spoliata: adult feeding in a tomentose herbaceus plant, Carima, MAL; b and c, Discopeltis tricolor tricolor (dorsal views), habitus and head and pronotum, respectively, MZUC; d, Leucocelis (Amauroleucocelis) cognata (dorsal view), MZUC; e and f, Leucocelis (Leucocelis) adspersa adspersa (dorsal and ventral views, respectively), female, MZUC; g, Leucocelis (Leucocelis) amethystina (dorsal view), female, Satchijamba, BIE, ASC; h, Leucocelis (Leucocelis) cupricollis (dorsal view), MZUC; i, Leucocelis (Leucocelis) haemorrhoidalis (dorsal view), male, Carima, MAL, ASC.