Stethodesma strachani strachani Bainbridge, 1840

(Fig. 27e)

Distribution: ANG, BEN, BUR, CAM, DOC, EQG, GAB, GHA, GUI, KEN, RCA, RCI, RRW, SLN, SUD, TOG, UGA.

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 1) MOX; 2) BIE.

Historic records:

—Vila Luso (=Luena) (MOX) (Gomes Alves 1973 sub Stethodesma servillei White, 1856).

Material examined: Vila Luso (=Luena) (11º 47´S, 19º 55´E, 1300 m alt., 218) (MOX), 8.IX.1957, 1 ♀, Nº 2881, Stethodesma servillei White, Estudos Apícolas do Ultramar nº 33, Junta de Investigações Coloniais (Entomologia), IICT, MUHNAC; Satchijamba (13º 44´54.69´´ S, 17º 10´35.03´´ E, 1579 m alt., 303) (BIE), 29.X.- 3.XI.2014, 1♂, CT, A. Serrano leg. & R. Capela, ASC .

Remarks. There are two recognized subspecies in this taxon (Holm 1991b; Beinhundner 2017a). The nominal is predominantly distributed throughout western and central Africa (Gomes Alves 1973; Beinhundner 2017a). The species was recorded for Angola by Gomes Alves (1973) under the name S. servillei, which represents the other subspecies of this taxon ( Stethodesma strachani servillei White, 1856). The adult specimen in Satchijamba was collected by CT (Fig. 1b) in an open secondary forest. See also the remarks under Pachnoda discolour kolbei . Some ecological notes were provided by Holm & Marais (1992) and Malec (2015). It is a new species record for the Bié Province.