Chondrorrhina (Plaesiorrhinella) cinctuta cinctuta (Voet, 1779)

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 : 87

Chondrorrhina (Plaesiorrhinella) cinctuta cinctuta (Voet, 1779)

( Figs. 19f, g )

Distribution: ANG, CAM, CON, DOC, ETI, SEN, UGA.

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 1) CAB, MAL.

Historic records:

—Quilo River (CAB), Duque de Bragança (=Calandula) (MAL) ( Paulino de Oliveira 1882 sub Heterorrhina cincta Voet );

Material examined: Duque de Bragança (=Calandula) (09º 08´S, 15º 57´E, 1110 m alt., 112) ( MAL), 1 ♂, Nº 2131 (blue label), old collection, box nº VI-75, MZUC; Quilo River (= Chiloango River Mouth ) (05º 11´S, 12º 08´E, sea alt., 5) ( CAB), 1 ♂, Nº 1895 (blue label), nº 119 (white label), Anchieta leg., old collection, box nº VI-75, MZUC; Angola, 1♂, Nº 1907 (blue label), nº 63 (white label), Anchieta leg., old collection, box nº VI-75, MZUC .

Remarks. A controversial polytypic species with several polychromatic forms (e.g. Allard 1991; Sakai & Nagai 1998; Krajcik 2008a). Curiously, Krajcik (2008a) recognize only the nominal form and one subspecies, but Beinhundner (2017a) lists six subspecies. Holm & Marais (1992) in relation to this species and close congeners referred “whether these are good species or a subspecies cline must still be resolved”. The nominal C. (P.) cinctuta cinctuta seems to occur from Cameroon to Angola ( Allard 1991; Le Gall 2015; Beinhundner 2017a), but Schoolmeesters (2018) presents a quite different distribution (ERI, ETI, SEN, UGA). Two polychromatic forms of adult specimens from MZUC are given ( Figs. 19f, g ). Ecological data are not available for this species.

Figures

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.