Pachnoda sinuata flaviventris ( Gory & Percheron, 1833 )

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 : 34

Pachnoda sinuata flaviventris ( Gory & Percheron, 1833)

( Figs. 6b, c, d )

Distribution: ANG, RSA, ZIM.

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 1) HUI, LNO; 2) LUA, MOX.

Historic records:

— Huíla (HUI) ( Paulino de Oliveira 1882 sub Cetonia flaviventris Gory & Perch. );

—Dundo (LNO) ( Gomes Alves 1959 sub P. sinuata Kraatz ).

Material examined: Angola, 5 ♀, Nº 1965 (blue labels), nº 189 (white labels), RQC/CSFC, box nº II-71, MZUC ; Angola, 2 ♀, Nº 1907 (blue labels), nºs 85 and 87 (white labels), old collection, box nº XIV-83, MZUC; Dundo (7º 22´S, 20º 50´E, 1470 m alt., 51) ( LNO), -. XI.1948, 1 ♀, Nº 2140, -. XII.1948, 1♂, Nº 2146, -. I.1949, 1 ♀, Nº 2131, Junta de Investigações Coloniais (Entomologia), IICT, MUHNAC; Calombe (riverhead) (11º 50´S, 19º 56´E, 1360 m alt., 218) ( MOX), 17.X.1959, 1 ♀, Nº 3249, Estudos Apícolas do Ultramar , nº 46, Junta de Investiga- ções Coloniais (Entomologia), IICT, MUHNAC; Luanda (8º 50´S, 13º 15´E, 70 m alt., 89) ( LUA), 15.VIII.1970, 4 ex., nºs 4342, 4343, 4344, 4345, A. Bivar de Sousa leg., ABSC, MUHNAC; Luanda (8º 48´28´´ S, 13º 14´19´´ E, 7 m alt., 89) ( LUA), 26.XI. 2015, 1♀, DO, A. Serrano leg., ASC .

Remarks. Some adult specimens collected in Luanda like the ones deposited in MZUC fit very well the habitus (e.g. Figs. 6b, c ) of the nominal species (see p. 221 in Beinhundner 2017a) and others (e.g. Fig. 6d ) the habitus of P. sinuata machadoi Ruter (in Rigout 1982) (see also Beinhundner 2017a, figs 1–5, p. 224). However, all present the underside yellow, a character associated to P. sinuata flaviventris . The larva has been described by Donaldson (1987). Biological and ecological data were provided by Holm & Marais (1992). A basic guideline to captive breeding was also provided by Malec & Šípek (2016) for the nominal species. It is a new species record for the Luanda and Moxico Provinces.

Figures

FIGURE 6. Cetoniinae species of Angola. a, Pachnoda rufovirens (dorsal view), female, Kakande, BIE, ASC; b–d) Pachnoda sinuata flaviventris (dorsal views), females of MZUC, Luanda, LUA, ABSC and Luanda, LUA, ASC, respectively; e and f, Pachnoda vethi, male (dorsal view) and parameres (frontal view), respectively, Humpata, HUI, IICT; g, Pachnoda vethi (dorsal view), female, Humpata, HUI, IICT; h, Pachnoda viridana karinae (dorsal view), male, Huambo, HUA, MZUC; i, Pachnodella impressa (dorsal view), female, MZUC.