Oplostomus fuligineus (Olivier, 1789)

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 : 65

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4776.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:5A3743A2-9E64-45E8-920D-92C9ED9CAB5A

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3845541

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/1B3C87AA-0051-FFA2-FF1D-FB2AFA82F93D

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Plazi

scientific name

Oplostomus fuligineus (Olivier, 1789)
status

 

Oplostomus fuligineus (Olivier, 1789)

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Distribution: ANG, DOC, KEN, MOZ, NAB, NIG, RSA, SEN, ZAM, ZIM.

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 1)?

Historic records:

— Angola (without locality) ( Ferreira 1965).

Material examined: Angola, 1 ♀, Nº 1907 (blue label), old collection, box nº XIV-83, MZUC .

Remarks. The species seems to present a wide distribution in Africa (e.g. Schenkling 1921, Gomes Alves 1959, see Oldroyd & Allsopp 2017 also) and is known as the “Large Hive Beetle”. The adults are associated with honey bees and paper wasps, while larvae and pupae live in dung ( Péringuey 1907; Scholtz & Holm 1985; Oldroyd & Allsopp 2017). The larvae description and life cycle were provided by Donaldson (1989) and Oldroyd & Allsopp (2017). A review on several aspects of its biology was also provided by these authors. The species seems to have potential to become invasive and highly damaging to beekeeping worldwide ( Oldroyd & Allsopp 2017).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Cetoniidae

Genus

Oplostomus

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