Caelorrhina relucens (Bates, 1881)

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 : 80

* Caelorrhina relucens (Bates, 1881)

( Figs. 17h, i , 18a )

Distribution: ANG, KEN, MAW, MOZ, RSA, TAN, ZIM.

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 2)?

Historic records: none.

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

Remarks. The species is polychromatic presenting some body colour variations (see Beinhundner (2017a). The adult male specimen of MZUC ( Figs. 17h, i , 18a ) fits very well the description of this species (e.g. see Allard 1991 and Holm & Marais 1992). The specimen was probably collected by Anchieta or Welwitsch in the 19 th century, but unfortunately there is no information on the locality. Some ecological data for this species were provided by Holm & Marais (1992). It is a new species record for Angola.

Figures

FIGURE 17. Cetoniinae species of Angola. a, Tetragonorrhina induta (dorsal view), and associated labels, female, MZUC; b, Anisorrhina (Anisorrhina) hassoni hassoni (dorsal view), female, MZUC; c and d, Anisorrhina (A.) laeviplaga laeviplaga, male (dorsal view) and parameres (frontal view), respectively, Mumbué, BIE, ASC; e, Caelorrhina barthi barthi (dorsal view), Vila Luso (=Luena), MOX, IICT; f and g, Caelorrhina concolor (dorsal and ventral views, respectively), male, MZUC; h, Caelorrhina relucens (dorsal view), and associated labels, male, MZUC; i, Caelorrhina relucens, head and pronotum (dorsal view), male, MZUC.

FIGURE 18. Cetoniinae species of Angola. a, Caelorrhina relucens (ventral view), male, MZUC; b, Cheirolasia burkei burkei (dorsal view), and associated label, Calai, CCU, JPCC; c, Chlorocala africana africana (dorsal view), and associated labels, female, MZUC; d, Chlorocala africana mutica (dorsal view), male, Pungandongo, MAL, ASC; e, Chlorocala africana mutica (dorsal view), and associated labels, female, Cabinda, MZUC; f, Chlorocara inermis (dorsal view), female, Mussende, CUS, ASC; g, Chlorocala monoceros (dorsal view), female, Luanda, LUA, IICT; h, Chondrorrhina (Chondrorrhina) picturata (dorsal view), female, Somakwanza, BIE, ASC; i, Chondrorrhina (C.) trivittata trivittata (dorsal view), Cabinda, MZUC.