taxonID	type	description	language	source
038A87B6FF9EF815FF13FE85DD479564.taxon	discussion	Maquart & Malec (2017) mention Goliathus (Fornasinius) higginsi, as being reported from Ghana in Mudge et al. (2012), but this citation is incorrect. Fornasinius higginsi, however, is recorded from Ghana in Beinhundner (2017) and is known from the Eastern and Western regions (D. Moore, M. De Palma, personal communication). The other Fornasinius species known from Ghana, F. klingbeili Zöller, Fiebig & Schulze, 1995 is known from the Eastern and Volta Regions as well as neighboring Togo, where the larvae were collected in hyrax (Afrotheria: Hyracoidea) middens (Maquart & Malec 2017).	en	Philips, T. Keith, Mudge, Alan D., Orozco, Jesus, Neidlinger, Robert, Beinhundner, Gerhard, Joly, Claude (2022): A rich and diverse fauna: an illustrated guide to the cetoniines of Ghana with comparisons to Ivory Coast and Benin (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae). Zootaxa 5150 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5150.2.1
038A87B6FF9EF815FF13FDC8DED794FC.taxon	discussion	This taxon is listed in Table 4 but is not listed in Krajčík (1998) or Schoolmeesters (2021). However, both G. varians and G. sericinitens Bates, 1884 are listed as accepted names (Schoolmeesters 2021). The former includes only three subspecies: Gnathocera varians antoinei Beinhundner, 2006, Gnathocera varians histrionica De Lisle, 1947 and Gnathocera varians roseni Schürhoff, 1939. Beinhundner (2017) lists Gnathocera varians sericinitens under G. sericinitens Bates, 1884 with reference to Allard (1991) where this name combination is listed and where it may have been first used. Allard (1991) lists this taxon from from Nigeria, Niger and Burkina Faso, and Le Gall (2015), records it from Benin.	en	Philips, T. Keith, Mudge, Alan D., Orozco, Jesus, Neidlinger, Robert, Beinhundner, Gerhard, Joly, Claude (2022): A rich and diverse fauna: an illustrated guide to the cetoniines of Ghana with comparisons to Ivory Coast and Benin (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae). Zootaxa 5150 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5150.2.1
038A87B6FF9EF815FF13FC70DED993B0.taxon	discussion	This species has previously been reported from Ghana (Joly 2001; Mudge et al. 2012). However, after further study, Joly (2018) listed this species as Niphobleta kraatzi (Kolbe, 1892) in place of N. squamipes (confirmed by P. Antoine and C. Joly, personal communication, August 2018). Hence, we do not include N. squamipes as part of Ghana’s fauna until this record can be verified. Five or six species of Niphobleta are currently recognized including three from Ghana: N. dominula Kraatz, 1880, N. kraatzi, Kolbe, 1892, and N. niveosparsa (Kraatz, 1880) (Beinhundner 2017).	en	Philips, T. Keith, Mudge, Alan D., Orozco, Jesus, Neidlinger, Robert, Beinhundner, Gerhard, Joly, Claude (2022): A rich and diverse fauna: an illustrated guide to the cetoniines of Ghana with comparisons to Ivory Coast and Benin (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae). Zootaxa 5150 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5150.2.1
038A87B6FF9EF815FF13FAB4DBCD9158.taxon	discussion	A reference to this taxon listed in Fédière et al. (1989) from the Ivory Coast has not been found and is not included in Table 4. As this species is absent from the catalogs of Schenkling (1921), Krajčík (1998, 1999) and Schoolmeesters (2021), we believe it is in error. As further evidence, Janson did publish two papers in 1907 (Janson 1907 a, b) but this species was not included in either one. Therefore, this record most likely refers to Acrothyrea scintillans (De Lisle, 1947) which is known from the Ivory Coast (Beinhundner 2017; Moretto & Rojkoff 2021).	en	Philips, T. Keith, Mudge, Alan D., Orozco, Jesus, Neidlinger, Robert, Beinhundner, Gerhard, Joly, Claude (2022): A rich and diverse fauna: an illustrated guide to the cetoniines of Ghana with comparisons to Ivory Coast and Benin (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae). Zootaxa 5150 (2): 151-188, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5150.2.1
