Pachnodella marginella marginella (Fabricius, 1775)

(Fig. 7a)

Distribution: ANG, BEN, CAM, CON, DOC, GUI, RCI, SEN, SLN.

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 1) LNO.

Historic records:

— Angola (without locality) (Paulino de Oliveira 1882 sub Cetonia marginella Fal. ?);

—Dundo (LNO) (Gomes Alves 1959 sub Pachnoda marginella Fabricius).

Material examined: Dundo (7º 22´S, 20º 50´E, 1470 m alt., 51) (LNO), -. XI.1948, 1 ♂, Nº 2140, IICT, MUH- NAC .

Remarks. The species is widely distributed throughout western and southwestern Africa (Gomes Alves 1959; Schoolmeesters 2018). Tchibozo et al. (2008) and Touroult & Le Gall (2013) provided biodiversity information (abundance, habitat preference) of this species for Benin. There is also a reference citing this species from a remnant moist Afromontane forest in Ethiopia (Kebede & Isotalo 2016). Pachnodella marginella was not referred for Angola in the Ferreira’s catalogue (1965). However, Gomes Alves (1959) provided some biological comments on this species for Guinea-Bissau and Angola. Larvae in the former country were found associated with Oryctes larvae in decaying trunks of Olaea palms. The species is considered a pest of citrus orchards in Ghana due to its economic impact (Aidoo et al. 2016). The third instar larva was described by Jerath & Unny (1965).