Plagiochilus pilosus Moser, 1913

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 : 59

Plagiochilus pilosus Moser, 1913

( Fig. 13e )

Distribution: ANG, DOC.

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 1) Huambo.

Historic records:

—Bailundo (HUAMBO) ( Moser 1913a);

— Angola (without locality) ( Ferreira 1965).

Material examined: Alto Hama–Bailundo (9 km) (12° 11’ 27.62”S, 15° 35’ 58.56”E, 1450 m alt., 232) (HUAMBO), 4.XII.2017, 1♀, DO, A. Serrano leg., ASC .

Remarks. The species was described from Angola ( Moser 1913a), but later recorded for DOC also ( Basilewsky 1956). Basilewsky (1956) remarked that it is a true termitophilic species. The Alto Hama–Bailundo adult specimen was collected in a yellow flower of a spontaneous herbaceous plant in a secondary open forest. Biological and other ecological data are not available for the species, but see general comments on the genus Coenochilus .

Figures

FIGURE 13. Cetoniinae species of Angola. a, Plagiochilus crassipes (dorsal view), male, Cabuta, CUS, ASC; b, Plagiochilus dupeyi (dorsal view), male, Dundo, LNO, IICT; c and d, Plagiochilus dupeyi, parameres (frontal and lateral views, respectively), Dundo, LNO, IICT; e, Plagiochilus pilosus (dorsal view), female, Alto Hama–Bailundo, HUA, ASC; f, Cymophorus (Clydonophorus) squamosus squamosus (dorsal view), female, Cassoco, BIE, ASC; g, Chtonobius conspersus (dorsal view), MZUC; h, Lissogenius ertli (dorsal view), male, Kibundi, MAL, ASC; i, Campsiura (Macroma) angolensis angolensis (dorsal view), male, Calulo–Cabuta, CUS, ASC.