Coenochilus turbatus Westwood, 1873

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 : 56-57

* Coenochilus turbatus Westwood, 1873

( Fig. 12e )

Distribution: ANG, DOC, KEN, RSA, ZIM.

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 2) CUS, HUI.

Historic records: none

New localities reported: Negola (3,5 km SW) (14º 08´53´´ S, 14º 28´16´´ E, 1613 m alt., 317) ( HUI), 8.XII.2013, 1♂, P. Schüle leg., PMC (P. Malec, personal communication) .

Material examined: Calulo (9º 59´55´´S, 14º 53´35´´ E, 999m alt., 128) ( CUS), 27.XI-5.XII.2015, 1♂, DO, A. Serrano leg., ASC .

Remarks. A species within the C. sulcatus group (sensu Schein 1954a). The adult male specimen of Calulo fits very well the original description, including the typical paramers conformation of the species (see Schein 1954a).

The Calulo singleton adult specimen was found on the ground during night near public lights. Biological and ecological data are not available for the species, but see general comments in Schein (1954a) and the remarks under the genus Coenochilus . It is a new species record for Angola and the Huíla and Kwanza Sul Provinces .

Figures

FIGURE 12. Cetoniinae species of Angola. a, Coenochilus basilewskyi (lateral view), female, Dundo, LNO, IICT; b, Coenochilus calcaratus vagus (dorsal view), male, Calulo, CUS, ASC; c and d, Coenochilus procerus (dorsal views), male and female, respectively, Bembua–Camenhe, HUA, ASC; e, Coenochilus turbatus (dorsal view), male, Calulo, CUS, ASC; f, Coenochilus ventricosus (dorsal view), male, Cacuso, MAL, ASC; g, Plagiochilus angustatus (dorsal view), male, Carima, MAL, ASC; h, Plagiochilus angustatus: adult feeding in a tomentose herbaceus plant, Carima, MAL.