Pachnoda marginata marginata (Drury, 1773)

Serrano, Artur R. M., 2022, The rose chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) of Guinea-Bissau: an annotated checklist and new records, Zootaxa 5104 (2), pp. 151-195 : 161

Pachnoda marginata marginata (Drury, 1773)

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Distribution: ANG, GAM, GBI, GHA, GUI, NRE, RCI, SLN, TOG.

Distribution in Guinea-Bissau (Administrative Regions): 1) BAF, BOL; 2) CAC, OIO.

Historic records:

— Bolama (BOL) ( Janson 1907 sub Pachnoda marginata var. aurantia Herbst );

— Bafatá, Bambadinca (BAF) ( Brivio 1958).

Material examined: Bissorã (OIO), 16.X.1983, 1 ♂, DO, A. Serrano leg., ASC ; Susana (CAC), 18.X-3.XI.1997, 1♀, CT, A. Lopes leg., ASC .

Remarks. The species is very polymorphic with eight recognized subspecies ( Krajcik 2008a; Beinhundner 2017b; Schoolmeesters 2019). Some ecological and captive breeding data are available for this species ( Malec 2015), but see also P. cordata remarks. Biodiversity information (abundance, habitat preference) was provided for GHA by Mudge et al. (2012) and Joly (2018) and for BEN by Touroult & Le Gall (2013). It is a new species record for CAC and OIO Administrative Regions of Guinea-Bissau.

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FIGURE 3. Cetoniinae species of Guinea-Bissau. a, Gametoides sanguinolenta (dorsal view), male, Susana, CAC, ASC; b, Gametoides sanguinolenta (dorsal view), female, Bissorã, OIO, ASC; c and d, Pachnoda ardoini ardoini, male (dorsal view) and parameres (frontal view), respectively, Coli (Quebo), TOB, ASC; e and f), Pachnoda cordata cordata, male (dorsal view) and parameres (frontal view), respectively, Béli, GAB, ASC; g, Pachnoda marginata marginata (dorsal view), female, Susana, CAC, ASC; h, Phonotaenia aequinoctialis (dorsal view), female, Susana, CAC, ASC; i, Tephraea pulverulenta (dorsal view), male, Coli (Quebo), TOB, ASC.