Gnathocera cruda lurida (Janson, 1877)

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 : 95-96

Gnathocera cruda lurida (Janson, 1877)

Distribution: ANG, CON, DOC, TAN.

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 1) LNO.

Historic records:

— Angola (without locality) ( Janson 1877b sub G. lurida );

— Angola (without locality) ( Basilewsky 1949 sub G. lurida );

—Dundo (LNO) ( Gomes Alves 1959 and Ferreira 1965 sub G. lurida Janson ).

Material examined: none.

Remarks. Antoine (2002a) treated this taxon as a subspecies of G. cruda while Krajcik (2008a), Beinhundner (2017a) and Schoolmeesters (2018) elevated it to the species level, recognising three subspecies. Gnathocera lurida was described originally from Angola based in specimens of “Dr. Welwitsch who found it in considerable numbers” Janson (1877b). Gomes Alves (1959) recorded the subspecies for Angola (Dundo) based on specimens of G. cruda gracilis (see Historic records under this subspecies). Biological or ecological data are not available for this species.