Mecynorhina (Mecynorhina) polyphemus confluens (Kraatz, 1890)

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 (Mecynorhina) polyphemus confluens (Kraatz, 1890)

( Fig. 23i )

Distribution: ANG, CON, RRW, UGA.

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 2)?

Historic records: none

Material examined: Angola, 1 ♀, Nº 1907 (blue label), nº36 (white label), Welwitsch leg., old collection, nº VI-75, MZUC .

Remarks. The adult female specimen deposited in MZUC fits well the habitus of this subspecies (cf. Fig. 3 in Beinhundner 2017a, p. 1002, with Fig. 23i ). See also the remarks under the precedent species. It is a new subspecies record for Angola.

Figures

FIGURE 3. Cetoniinae species of Angola. a–c, Dolichostethus levis (dorsal views), MZUC; d, Pachnoda acutipennis (dorsal view), and associated labels, female, Dundo, LNO, IICT; e and f, Pachnoda acutipennis, female (ventral view) and pygidium, female, Dundo, LNO, IICT; g, Pachnoda ardoini lydae (dorsal view), female, MZUC; h and i, Pachnoda bukobensis (dorsal and ventral views, respectively), male, MZUC.

FIGURE 23. Cetoniinae species of Angola. a, Gnathocera trivittata dorsodiscolor (dorsal view), male, Munenga, CUS, JPCC; b and c, Gnathocera villosa (dorsal views), females, MZUC; d and e, Lansbergia vanderkelleni (dorsal views), habitus and head and pronotum, respectively, MZUC; f and g, Lophorrhina quinquelineata (dorsal views), male and female, respectively, Mussende, CUS, ASC; h, Mecynorhina (Amaurodes) passerinii passerinii (dorsal view), female, Dundo, LNO, IICT; i, Mecynorhina (Mecynorhina) polyphemus confluens (dorsal view), female, MZUC.