Mecynorhina (Mecynorhinella) torquata torquata (Drury, 1782)

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 : 101

Mecynorhina (Mecynorhinella) torquata torquata (Drury, 1782)

Distribution: ANG, CAM, COM, DOC, GHA, RCA, RCI, SLN.

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 1) CAB.

Historic records:

— Cabinda (CAB) ( Paulino de Oliveira 1882 sub Ceratorrhina torquata Drury );

— Angola (without locality) ( Ruter 1967a).

Material examined: none.

Remarks. The species is polytypic with two to four subspecies recognized, depending of the authors (see Marais & Holm 1992; Krajcik 2008a; Beinhundner 2017a; Schoolmeesters 2018). It was recorded for CAB, the northernmost Province of Angola ( Paulino de Oliveira 1882). This species has been used in insect flight studies like remote radio control or the role of the stretched forelegs in flight ( Sato et al. 2009; Li et al. (2017).