Plagiochilus crassipes (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 : 59

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4776.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:5A3743A2-9E64-45E8-920D-92C9ED9CAB5A

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3845251

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1B3C87AA-002B-FFD8-FF1D-FF63FB41FD21

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Plazi

scientific name

Plagiochilus crassipes (Westwood, 1873)
status

 

* Plagiochilus crassipes (Westwood, 1873)

( Fig. 13a View FIGURE 13 )

Distribution: West and Central Africa, TAN.

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

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.2012, 1♂, P. Schüle leg., PMC (P. Malec, personal communication) GoogleMaps .

Material examined: Kibundi (08º 54´33.31´´ S, 16º 03´15.71´´ E, 1170m alt., 95) ( MAL), 19.XI.2017, 1♂, 3♀, LT, A. Serrano & R. Capela leg., ASC; Cabuta (9º 50´38.39´´ S, 14º 51´22.28´´ E, 814m alt., 128) ( CUS), 9.XII.2017, 1♂, 1♀, LT, A. Serrano & R. Capela leg., ASC GoogleMaps .

Remarks. The species is widespread throughout West and Central Africa ( Schoolmeesters 2018). The adult specimens were collected by LT (e.g. Fig. 1c View FIGURE 1 ) in open secondary forest (Kibundi) and moist secondary forest (Cabuta). Other biological and ecological data are not available for the species, but see general comments on the genus Coenochilus . It is a new species record for Angola and Huíla, Kwanza Sul and Malanje Provinces.

MAL

Botanic Gardens of Malawi

CUS

Cusino Wildlife Research Station

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Scarabaeidae

Genus

Plagiochilus

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