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.