Discopeltis apicalis ( Gory & Percheron, 1833 )

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 : 45

Discopeltis apicalis ( Gory & Percheron, 1833)

Distribution: ANG, BEN, CAM, ERI, KEN, SEN, SUD, TAN, ZAM, ZIM.

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 1) MAL.

Historic records:

— Angola (without locality) ( Janson 1878 and Ferreira 1965 sub Discopeltis aberrans Janson );

—Malange (= Malanje) (MAL) ( Quedenfeldt 1884 sub Discopeltis aberrans Janson ).

Material examined: none.

Remarks. The general distribution of this species is controversial (cf. Holm 1991c; Beinhundner 2017a; Schoolmeesters 2018). Le Gall (2015) lists the species for several localities in Benin. Discopeltis apicalis mimics Lycidae species ( Holm 1991b), but other biological and ecological data are not available for this species.