Leucocelis (Leucocelis) semicuprea Kraatz, 1883

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 : 50

Leucocelis (Leucocelis) semicuprea Kraatz, 1883

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Distribution: ANG.

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 1) HUI.

Historic records:

— Angola (without locality) ( Quedenfeldt 1884);

—Between Kapelongo (=Capelongo) and Cubango River (HUI) ( Bourgoin 1925 sub L. semicuprea var. rohani Bourg. );

— Angola (without locality) ( Ferreira 1965).

Material examined: Angola, 1 ex., º 1907 (blue label), nº 202 (white label), old collection, box nº IX-78, MZUC .

Remarks. The species was described originally from “ Congo ” ( Kraatz 1883), but Beinhundner (2017a) refers only Angola in its distribution. Bourgoin (1925) recorded the species in the “Districts de Huilla et de Benguella: entre Kapelongo et le Poste militaire de la rivière Kubango”. The « Kapelongo » locality belongs to the Huíla Province, rather far away of the Benguela Province. Unfortunately, the MZUC specimen ( Fig. 10g ) is very old, precluding its dissection and it is with some caution that we ascribe it to this species. Biological and ecological data are not available for this species.

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FIGURE 10. Cetoniinae species of Angola. a, Habitat of Leucocelis (Leucocelis) haemorrhoidalis, Plagiochilus angustatus and Cymophorus sp., Carima, MAL; b, Plant where Leucocelis (Leucocelis) triliturata triliturata adult specimens were found feeding on its yellow flowers, Capingana–Satchijamba, BIE; c and d, Leucocelis (Leucocelis) haroldi (dorsal views), MZUC and male, Nova Lisboa (=Huambo), HUA, ASC, respectively; e and f, Leucocelis (Leucocelis) niveoguttata (dorsal views), MZUC and male, Satchijamba, BIE, ASC, respectively; g, Leucocelis (Leucocelis) semicuprea (dorsal view), MZUC; h, Leucocelis (Leucocelis) triliturata triliturata (dorsal view), Capingana–Satchijamba, BIE, ASC.