The rose chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) of Angola: a descriptive checklist with new records and synonymic notes

Serrano, Artur; Capela, Rúben A.; Nunes, Telmo; Santos, Carmen Van-Dúnem Neto

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Serrano, Artur

Capela, Rúben A.

Nunes, Telmo

Santos, Carmen Van-Dúnem Neto

Abstract(s)

An annotated checklist of the species and subspecies of rose chafers (Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) hitherto known from Angola is given. This list includes species records from recent entomological trips in that country (2014, 2015 and 2017) and from Portuguese museums and private collections. A total of 177 species and 31 subspecies are recorded for Angola, including 32 endemic species/subspecies (15.4%). Some species are represented by only the holotype specimen (some without locality) or the type series. Others were recorded based on a single specimen. Records for four genera, one subgenus, twenty nine species and four subspecies previously unknown from Angola are given. A new synonymy is established: Ruteroides Gomes Alves, 1973 is proposed as a junior synonym of Pseudinca Kraatz, 1880. Consequently, Ruteroides fradei Gomes Alves, 1973 is transferred to Pseudinca. A brief historical review, as well as some considerations on the distribution and conservation status of these beetles in Angola is also presented.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10451/49722

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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): 1-130, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4776.1.1