Chlorocala monoceros
Creators: name: Serrano, Artur R. M.
name: Capela, Rúben A.
name: Nunes, Telmo
name: Santos, Carmen Van-Dú- Nem Neto
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cetoniidae
Chlorocala
Chlorocala monoceros

description: Chlorocala monoceros (Gory & Percheron, 1833)
(Fig. 18g)
Distribution: ANG, CON.
Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 1) BGU, CAB, CNN, LUA; 2) BGO, CUS.
Historic records:
— Benguela (BGU) (Gory & Percheron 1833 sub Gnathocera monoceros G.&P.);
—Loanda (= Luanda) (LUA) (Harold 1879 sub Heterorrhina monocerus Gory & Percheron);
— Angola (without locality) (Paulino de Oliveira 1882 sub Heterorrhina monocerus Gory & Percheron);
—Chinchoxo (CAB), Angola (without localities) (LUA, BGU) (Schauer 1941 sub Smaragdesthes monocerus G. & P.);
—Camba (CNN) (Schauer 1941 sub Smaragdesthes monocerus chinchoxa Schauer);
— Luanda (LUA) (Gomes Alves 1959 Smaragdesthes monocerus G. & P.);
— Angola (without localities) (CAB, LUA, BGU) (Ferreira 1965 sub Smaragdesthes monocerus G. & P.).
New localities reported: Sumbe (in the beach) (11º 11´55´´ S, 13º 50´03´´ E, 4 m alt., 184) (CUS), 21.XI.2013, 1♂, P. Schüle leg., PMC (P. Malec, personal communication).
Material examined: Angola, 3 ♂, 2 ♀, Nº 1695 (blue labels), RQC/CSFC, box nº II-71, MZUC; Angola, 1 ♂, RQC/CSFC, box nº II-71, MZUC; Angola, 3 ♂, Nº 1907 (blue labels), nº 77 (white labels), old collection, box IX-78, 3 ♀, Nº 1907 (blue labels), nº 76 (white labels), old collection, box IX-78, 3 ♀, MZUC; Luanda (8º 50´S, 13º 15´E, 70 m alt., 89) (LUA), -. XII.1948, 1 ♀, Nº 1542, Luanda Island (8º 50´S, 13º 15´E, sea level, 89) (LUA), 2.IX.1959, 1 ♀, Nº 3290, Junta Investigação Coloniais (Entomologia), IICT, MUHNAC; Cacuaco (8º 47´S, 13º 21´E, 50 m alt., 89) (BGO), 26.VII.1957, 1 ♂, 1 ♀, Nº 2854, Luanda Island (8º 50´S, 13º 15´E, sea level, 89) (LUA), 2.IX.1959, 3 ♂, 2 ♀, Nº 3290, Estudos Apícolas do Ultramar, Junta Investigação Coloniais (Entomologia), IICT, MUHNAC; Luanda (8º 50´S, 13º 15´E, 70 m alt., 89) (LUA), 15.I.1952, 1♂, Nº E.54, nº 612, E.M. Matos leg., JPCC, MUH- NAC; Luanda (8º 50´S, 13º 15´E, 70 m alt., 89) (LUA), 15.XII.1970, 3♂, nºs 4350, 4351, 4352, A. Bivar de Sousa leg., ABSC, MUHNAC; Palmeirinhas (9° 6’ 19.76” S, 13° 0’ 11.08” E, 1m alt., 107) (LUA), 23.III.1974, 3♀, DO, A. Serrano leg., ASC; Mussulo Island (8° 53’ 9.13” S, 13° 8’ 4.62” E, 6m. alt., 89) (LUA), 14.IV.1974, 2♂, DO, A. Serrano leg., ASC; Luanda (Nova Vida) (8° 54’ 30.11” S, 13°13’ 29.75” E, 61m alt., 89) (LUA), 22.III.2014, 2♂, DO, A. Serrano leg., ASC; Barra Cuanza (River Mouth) (9° 19’ 9.10” S, 13° 9’ 57.68” E, 13m alt., 107) (LUA), 28.IV.2014, 1♀, DO, A. Serrano leg., ASC; Baixo Pundo (12º 20’ 22.31” S, 13º 50’ 21.98” E, 275 m alt., 227/8) (BGU), 28.X.2013, 1♂, DO, R. Capela leg., ASC.
Remarks. A species distributed throughout of southwestern Africa (Ferreira 1965; Allard 1991; Holm & Marais 1992; Beinhundner 2017a). It seems to be a common species in the coastal lowland of Angola, namely in the proper Luanda city and neighbouring localities. Some adult specimens in Luanda (Nova Vida neighbourhood) were collected on the leaves of trees (e.g. Mango trees) feeding on aphid honeydew. More biological and ecological data were provided by Holm & Marais (1992). It is a new species record for the Bengo and Kwanza Sul Provinces.
description: Published as part of 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, pp. 1-130 in Zootaxa 4776 (1) on pages 83-84, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4776.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3821288