Gnathocera trivittata trivittata Swederus, 1787

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 : 97

Gnathocera trivittata trivittata Swederus, 1787

Distribution: GHA, GUI, RCI, SEN, TOG.

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 1) CNN.

Historic records:

— Angola (without locality), Humbe (CNN) ( Paulino de Oliveira 1882);

— Angola (without locality) ( Ferreira 1965).

Material examined: none.

Remarks. A polymorphic species with many subspecies (12 to 16, e.g. Allard 1991; Krajcik 2008a; Beinhundner 2017a) distributed throughout western and eastern Africa since Senegal–Sudan–Egypt to the Republic of South Africa ( Allard 1991; Krajcik 2008a; Rohwedder 2011; Beinhundner 2017a). The distribution of the nominal subspecies makes implausible its presence in Angola. Probably, the Humbe specimen(s) belong to another subspecies (e.g. see remarks under Gnathocera trivittata dorsodiscolor ). The larva of the third instar was described by Jerath & Unny (1965). Holm & Marais (1992) provided some ecological data on G. trivittata costata Ancey, 1883 .