Leucocelis (Leucocelis) haroldi ( Kraatz, 1880 )

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 : 49

Leucocelis (Leucocelis) haroldi ( Kraatz, 1880)

( Figs. 10c, d )

Distribution: ANG.

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 1) HUI; 2) HUA.

Historic records:

—Humpata (HUI) ( Kraatz 1880 sub Oxythyrea haroldi Kraatz );

— Angola (without locality) ( Ferreira 1965).

New localities reported: Cacula (10 km SW) (coord. not available,? alt., 317) ( HUI), 4-6.XI.2011, 1 ♂, P. Schüle leg., PMC (P. Malec, personal communication) .

Material examined: Angola, 2 exs, Nº 1907 (blue labels), nº 171 e 195 (white labels), old collection, box nº IX-78, MZUC; Tchivinguiro (Chão da Cela) (15º 10´S, 13º 18´E, 1600 m alt., 355) ( HUI), 25.XI.1957, 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Nº 2970, Leucocelis amethystina MacLeay (Gomes Alves det.), Estudos Apícolas do Ultramar nº122, Junta de Investigações do Ultramar (Entomologia), IICT, MUHNAC; Nova Lisboa (= Huambo) (12º 46´S, 15º 44´E, 1650 m alt., 256) ( HUA), 15.XII.1974, 2♂, 2♀, DO, A. Serrano leg., ASC .

Remarks. The species was described from Angola ( Kraatz 1880; Beinhundner 2017a; Schoolmeesters 2018) and is endemic of this country. The Huambo adult specimens were sampled on flowers in a meadow. The adult specimens of Huambo and Tchivinguiro present the pronotum totally black (e.g. Fig. 10d ). Biological and ecological data were provided by Holm & Marais (1992). It is a new species record for the Huambo Province.

Figures

FIGURE 10. Cetoniinae species of Angola. a, Habitat of Leucocelis (Leucocelis) haemorrhoidalis, Plagiochilus angustatus and Cymophorus sp., Carima, MAL; b, Plant where Leucocelis (Leucocelis) triliturata triliturata adult specimens were found feeding on its yellow flowers, Capingana–Satchijamba, BIE; c and d, Leucocelis (Leucocelis) haroldi (dorsal views), MZUC and male, Nova Lisboa (=Huambo), HUA, ASC, respectively; e and f, Leucocelis (Leucocelis) niveoguttata (dorsal views), MZUC and male, Satchijamba, BIE, ASC, respectively; g, Leucocelis (Leucocelis) semicuprea (dorsal view), MZUC; h, Leucocelis (Leucocelis) triliturata triliturata (dorsal view), Capingana–Satchijamba, BIE, ASC.