Oplostomus fuligineus (Olivier, 1789)

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 : 65

Oplostomus fuligineus (Olivier, 1789)

( Fig. 14c )

Distribution: ANG, DOC, KEN, MOZ, NAB, NIG, RSA, SEN, ZAM, ZIM.

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 1)?

Historic records:

— Angola (without locality) ( Ferreira 1965).

Material examined: Angola, 1 ♀, Nº 1907 (blue label), old collection, box nº XIV-83, MZUC .

Remarks. The species seems to present a wide distribution in Africa (e.g. Schenkling 1921, Gomes Alves 1959, see Oldroyd & Allsopp 2017 also) and is known as the “Large Hive Beetle”. The adults are associated with honey bees and paper wasps, while larvae and pupae live in dung ( Péringuey 1907; Scholtz & Holm 1985; Oldroyd & Allsopp 2017). The larvae description and life cycle were provided by Donaldson (1989) and Oldroyd & Allsopp (2017). A review on several aspects of its biology was also provided by these authors. The species seems to have potential to become invasive and highly damaging to beekeeping worldwide ( Oldroyd & Allsopp 2017).

Figures

FIGURE 14. Cetoniinae species of Angola. a, Campsiura (Macroma) angolensis angolensis (dorsal view), female, Calulo– Cabuta, CUS, ASC; b, Oplostomus bicolor (dorsal view), and associated labels, female, MZUC; c, Oplostomus fuligineus (dorsal view), female, MZUC; d, Oplostomus rufiventris (dorsal view), and associated labels, male, MZUC; e and f, Spilophorus (Spilophorus) plagosus plagosus (dorsal views), and associated labels, Gambos, HUI, MZUC and Humbe, CNN, MZUC, respectively; g, Trogodes (Trogodes) rotundicollis (dorsal view), and associated labels, HUI, MZUC; h and i, Trogodes (T.) rotundicollis (dorsal views), female and head and pronotum, respectively, Trumba, BIE, ASC.