Leucocelis (Leucocelis) cupricollis Kraatz, 1880

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 : 47

* Leucocelis (Leucocelis) cupricollis Kraatz, 1880

( Fig. 9h )

Distribution: ANG, MAW, ZIM.

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 2)?

Historic records: none.

Material examined: Angola, 1 ex., Nº 1907 (blue label), nº 197 (white label), old collection, box nº IX-78, MZUC .

Remarks. The species is very polychromatic ( Beinhundner 2017a). The adult specimen of MZUC ( Fig. 19h ) fits well this species description. Some ecological data were provided by Holm & Marais (1992). It is a new species record for Angola.

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FIGURE 9. Cetoniinae species of Angola. a, Amaurina spoliata: adult feeding in a tomentose herbaceus plant, Carima, MAL; b and c, Discopeltis tricolor tricolor (dorsal views), habitus and head and pronotum, respectively, MZUC; d, Leucocelis (Amauroleucocelis) cognata (dorsal view), MZUC; e and f, Leucocelis (Leucocelis) adspersa adspersa (dorsal and ventral views, respectively), female, MZUC; g, Leucocelis (Leucocelis) amethystina (dorsal view), female, Satchijamba, BIE, ASC; h, Leucocelis (Leucocelis) cupricollis (dorsal view), MZUC; i, Leucocelis (Leucocelis) haemorrhoidalis (dorsal view), male, Carima, MAL, ASC.

FIGURE 19. Cetoniinae species of Angola. a and b, Chondrorrhina (Chondrorrhina) trivittata trivittata (dorsal views), Humbe, CNN, MZUC; c, Chondrorrhina (C.) trivittata trivittata (dorsal view), male, Mussende, CUS, ASC; d and e, Chondrorrhina (C.) trivittata trivittata, parameres (frontal and lateral views, respectively), Mussende, CUS, ASC; f, Chondrorrhina (Plaesiorrhinella) cinctuta cinctuta (dorsal view), and associated labels, male, Rio Quilo, CAB, MZUC; g, Chondrorrhina (P.) cinctuta cinctuta (dorsal view), and associated labels, male, MZUC; h, Chondrorrhina (P.) cinctuta recurva (dorsal view), female, Mampatá, Guinea–Bissau, ASC; i, Chondrorrhina (P.) plana plana (dorsal view), and associated labels, male, MZUC.