Phonotaenia balteata (De Geer, 1778)

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 : 37-38

Phonotaenia balteata (De Geer, 1778)

( Figs. 7b, c, d, e )

Distribution: ANG, BEN, BOW, DOC, MAW, MOZ, NAB, RSA, ZAM, ZIM.

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 1) MAL; 2) LUA.

Historic records:

—Duque de Bragança (=Calandula or Kalandula) (MAL) ( Paulino de Oliveira 1882 sub Gametis aequinoctialis Ol. ).

Material examined: Angola, 2 exs, Nº 1907 (blue labels), nºs 149 and 151 (white labels), 2 exs, Nº 1907 (blue labels), sub Gametis aequinoctialis Oliv. , old collection, box nº IX-78, MZUC; Luanda (8º 50´S, 13º 15´E, 70 m alt., 89) ( LUA), 15.VII.1972, 1 ex., nº4356, A. Bivar de Sousa leg., ABSC, MUHNAC .

Remarks. Paulino de Oliveira (1882) registered Gametis aequinoctialis for Angola, but probably was a misinterpretation with P. balteata . The four specimens of Angola deposited in the “old collection” of MZUC belong to this species. The specimens present some variation in the general elytral drawing pattern colour, some looking Phonotaenia balteata zanzibarica (Raffray, 1877) or even Phonotaenia camiadei Antoine, 2005 , with the pronotum always black with white lateral margins ( Figs. 7 b–e). Unfortunately, the specimens are very old, precluding the extraction of the parameres. Ecological data are available in Holm & Marais (1992) and Malec & Šípek (2016). A

basic guideline to captive breeding was provided by Malec & Šípek (2016). It is a new species record for the Luanda Province.

Figures

FIGURE 7. Cetoniinae species of Angola. a, Pachnodella marginella marginella (dorsal view), male, Dundo, LNO, IICT; b–e) Phonotaenia balteata (dorsal views), MZUC; f, Phonotaenia scalaris (dorsal view), female, Rio Muita, LNO, IICT; g, Polystalactica (Polystalactica) affinis affinis (dorsal view), male, Cuima–Cusse, HUA, ASC; h, Polystalactica (Trichocelis) jossoi (dorsal view), female, Satchijamba, BIE, ASC; i, Rhabdotis semipunctata (dorsal view), male, MZUC.