Pedinorrhina subaenea subaenea ( Harold, 1878 )

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 : 103

Pedinorrhina subaenea subaenea ( Harold, 1878)

( Fig. 24b )

Distribution: ANG, CAM, DOC, RCA.

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 1) CAB, CUS, LNO, MAL.

Historic records:

—Pungo Andongo (=Pungandongo) (MAL) ( Harold 1878 sub Heterorrhina subaenea Harold );

—(CAB) ( Paulino de Oliveira 1882 sub Heterorrhina subaenea Harold );

— Angola (without locality) ( Ferreira 1965);

—Dundo (LNO), (CUS, without locality) ( Antoine 2008).

Material examined: Angola, 3 exs, Nº 1907 (blue label), nºs 81, 82 and 83 (white labels), 1 ex., Nº 1907, (blue label), old collection, box nº IX-78, MZUC .

Remarks. Two subspecies are recognized in this species ( Antoine 2008; Beinhundner 2017a). Taking into account the recorded localities, it seems restricted to the northern territory of Angola. Ecological data are not available for the species.

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FIGURE 24. Cetoniinae species of Angola. a, Pedinorrhina sellata lequeuxi (dorsal view), male, Mussende, CUS, ASC; b, Pedinorrhina subaenea subaenea (dorsal view), MZUC; c and d, Ptychodesthes bicostata intermedia (dorsal views), male and female, respectively, MZUC; e and f, Stephanorrhina (Aphelorrhina) bella bella (dorsal views), male and female, respectively, MZUC; g and h, Stephanorrhina (A.) tibialis tibialis (dorsal views), male, habitus and head and pronotum, respectively, MZUC; i, Stephanorrhina (Stephanorrhina) guttata guttata (dorsal view), and associated labels, female, Luanda, LUA, JPCC.