Eudicella (Cyprolais) loricata loricata (Janson, 1877)

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 : 90

Eudicella (Cyprolais) loricata loricata (Janson, 1877)

( Figs. 20f, g )

Distribution: ANG, DOC, MAW, RCA, TAN, ZAM.

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 1) HUI, 2) BIE.

Historic records:

— Angola ( HUI) [ Oram 2015, syntype] .

Material examined: Angola, 1 ♂, Nº 1907 (blue label), nº 60 (white label), Welwitch leg., 1 ♂, Nº 1907 (blue label), nº 64 (white label), old collection, box nº IX-78, MZUC ; Angola, 1 ♀, Nº 1907 (blue label), old collection, box nº IX-78, MZUC; Mumbué ( Cuanza riverhead) (13º 49´39.97´´ S, 17º 19´20.32´´ E, 1524 m alt., 303) (BIE), 3–9.IV.2014, 1♂, CT, A. Serrano & R. Capela leg., ASC .

Remarks. The species was originally described from Angola based on a specimen collected by Welwitsch among a dozen taken in a cluster on a flower ( Janson 1877a). Eight subspecies are recognized in this species ( Beinhundner 2017a). Antoine (1996b) and Oram (2015) gave some morphological details of head and parameres of this species. Single male of Mumbué ( Fig. 20g ) was collected by means of CT (e.g. Fig. 1b ) in an open secondary forest together with A. picturata . Some ecological data are provided by Holm & Marais (1992). It is a new species record for the Bié Province.

Figures

FIGURE 1. a, butterfly trap baited with banana and pineapple, Satschijamba, BIE; b, yellow chromotropic trap baited with banana, Satschijamba, BIE; c, light trapping, Satschijamba, BIE; d, rotten logs (direct observation), Somakwanza, BIE; e, secondary open forest, Satschijamba, BIE; f, secondary moist forest, Calulo, CUS.

FIGURE 20. Cetoniinae species of Angola. a and b, Chondrorrhina (Plaesiorrhinella) undulata (dorsal views), male and female, respectively, Satchijamba, BIE, ASC; c, Dicronorrhina derbyana derbyana (dorsal view), male, MZUC; d and e, Dicronorrhina johnstoni (dorsal views), male and female, respectively, MZUC; f and g, Eudicella (Cyprolais) loricata loricata (dorsal views), males, MZUC and Mumbué, BIE, ASC, respectively; h and i, Eudicella (Eudicella) gralli (dorsal views), males, MZUC and Salazar (=Ndalatando), CNO, JPCC, respectively.