Leucocelis (Leucocelis) adspersa adspersa (Fabricius, 1801)

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) adspersa adspersa (Fabricius, 1801)

( Figs. 9e, f )

Distribution: ANG, BOW, RSA.

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 2)?

Historic records: none.

Material examined: Angola, 1 ♀, Nº 1907 (blue label), nº 203 (white label), old collection, box nº IX-78, MZUC .

Remarks. Despite its more southern-eastern known distribution, the adult specimen of MZUC fits well this species description ( Figs. 9e, f ). It could be confused with Oxythyrea marginalis (Swartz, 1817) , but its green sheen is very noticeable. Biological and 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.