Tmesorrhina tridens tridens Duvier, 1891

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 : 109-110

* Tmesorrhina tridens tridens Duvier, 1891

( Figs. 26b, c, d )

Distribution: ANG, DOC, EQG, RCI.

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 2) MAL.

Historic records: none.

Material examined: Carima (Cacuso-Pungo Andongo) (09º 35´00´´ S, 15º 42´01´´ E, 1117 m alt., 130) ( MAL), 17–21.XI.2017, 1♂, 1♀, CT, A. Serrano & R. Capela leg., ASC .

Remarks. A polytypic species with four subspecies. The Carima adult specimens were collected by CT in an

open secondary forest. See also the remarks under C. africana mutica . It is a new species record for Angola and the Malanje Province.

Figures

FIGURE 26. Cetoniinae species of Angola. a, Tmesorrhina laeta burgeoni (dorsal view), female, Mussende, CUS, ASC; b–d, Tmesorrhina tridens tridens, male (dorsal view), parameres (frontal view) and female (dorsal view), respectively, Carima, MAL, ASC; e, Tmesorrhina viridicyanea (dorsal view), female, Mumbué, BIE, ASC; f and g, Goliathus goliatus (dorsal views), and associated labels, male and female, respectively, Cabinda, JPCC; h and i, Hegemus peregrinus (dorsal views), and associated old identification labels, females, MZUC.