Cheirolasia burkei burkei (Westwood, 1843)

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 : 82

Cheirolasia burkei burkei (Westwood, 1843)

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Distribution: ANG, NAB, RSA.

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 1) CCU, CNN; 2) HUI.

Historic records:

—Humbe (CNN) ( Paulino de Oliveira 1882 sub Cerathorrhina burkey West.);

—Mukoya (=Mucoia) (CCU) ( Bourgoin 1925).

New localities reported: Negola (3,5 km SW) (14º 08´53´´ S, 14º 28´16´´ E, 1613 m alt., 317) ( HUI), 11- 12.XI.2013, 1♂, P. Schüle leg., PMC (P. Malec, personal communication) .

Material examined: Calai (Cuangar) (coord. not available, 465) ( CCU), 12.XII.1965, 1♀, Nº E.7268, nº 608, H. Ribeiro leg., JPCC, MUHNAC .

Remarks. Five subspecies are recognized in this species ( Beinhundner 2017a). While Beinhundner (2017a) recognized the subspecies listed by Allard (1985), Krajcik (2008a) did not. Beinhundner (2017a) considers C. burkei hopei as a valid taxon and includes Angola in its distribution. The adult specimen from JPCC fits well the nominal subspecies ( Fig. 3h ). The larva of the third instar of this species was described by Šípek (2005). Biological and ecological data are available in Holm & Marais (1992). It is a new species record for the Huíla Province.

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FIGURE 3. Cetoniinae species of Angola. a–c, Dolichostethus levis (dorsal views), MZUC; d, Pachnoda acutipennis (dorsal view), and associated labels, female, Dundo, LNO, IICT; e and f, Pachnoda acutipennis, female (ventral view) and pygidium, female, Dundo, LNO, IICT; g, Pachnoda ardoini lydae (dorsal view), female, MZUC; h and i, Pachnoda bukobensis (dorsal and ventral views, respectively), male, MZUC.

FIGURE 18. Cetoniinae species of Angola. a, Caelorrhina relucens (ventral view), male, MZUC; b, Cheirolasia burkei burkei (dorsal view), and associated label, Calai, CCU, JPCC; c, Chlorocala africana africana (dorsal view), and associated labels, female, MZUC; d, Chlorocala africana mutica (dorsal view), male, Pungandongo, MAL, ASC; e, Chlorocala africana mutica (dorsal view), and associated labels, female, Cabinda, MZUC; f, Chlorocara inermis (dorsal view), female, Mussende, CUS, ASC; g, Chlorocala monoceros (dorsal view), female, Luanda, LUA, IICT; h, Chondrorrhina (Chondrorrhina) picturata (dorsal view), female, Somakwanza, BIE, ASC; i, Chondrorrhina (C.) trivittata trivittata (dorsal view), Cabinda, MZUC.