Preliminary list of types of Goliathini (Coleoptera: Cetoniidae) in the RMNH collection
M. Eulàlia Gassó Miracle, Curator of Coleoptera
The Cetoniidae type material is being described, registered, numbered and photographed, including all the labels. This information, together with scans of the original descriptions of the species, will be accessible on the Internet as a searchable virtual type collection. At the end of the project, an annotated type catalogus will be published. As the work progresses, more data will be made available at this site.
The complete bibliography can be found here.
Preliminary list of types of Goliathini (Cetoniidae) in the RMNH
Goliathini: Coryphocerina (Afr.)
Genyodonta holubi Schoch, G. (1895). Die Genera und Species meiner Cetonidensammlung. Zürich : E. Zwingli Vol. 2 1st Edn pp. 86–147 [12, 141]. pdf
Type data: syntype (probable) RMNH.INS.60029 , 1 m. ("Exempl. tipique. ex coll. Nickerl Prague Genyodonta Holubi Nickerl in litt.= flavomaculata F." Ex. coll. Valck Lucassen) Type locality: "vom Cap".
Current name: Anisorrhina flavomaculata (Fabricius, 1798)
Genyodonta fissicornis Bourgoin, A. (1919). Scarabeidae. Trichiini et Cetoniini. pp. 121–189 in Alluaud, Ch. and Jeannel, R. Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique orientale (1911-1912). Résultats Scientifiques. Insectes Coléoptères. Paris : L. Lhomme Vol. 14 [144] [junior synonym of G. flavoplagiata Moser, 1919]. pdf
Type data: syntypes RMNH.INS.60025- 60028, 1 m., 3 f. (Coll. Alluaud & Jeannel; Coll. Valck Lucassen). Type locality: "Afrique Orientale Anglaise: forêt de Nairobi, alt. 1700 m., st. no 28".
Current name: Anisorrhina flavoplagiata (Moser, 1919)
Heterorhina (Anisorhina) laevicauda Bates, H.W. (1881). New Cetoniidae from East Central Africa. Entomol. Mon. Mag. 18: 156–157 [157] pdf
Type data: syntypes RMNH.INS.60031-60032, 1 m., 1 f. (ex. coll. Bates, Armitage coll.; ex coll. Valck Lucassen; ex coll. O.E. Janson) Type locality: Mamboia, East Africa.
Current name: Anisorrhina laevicauda (Bates, 1881)
Genyodonta plagiata Kraatz, G. (1899). Genyodonta plagiata Kraatz. Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 1899(2): 239 [239] pdf
Type data: holotype RMNH.INS.60033, 1 f. (label: "Afr. or. Kitwi"; "ex coll. Hauseri") Type locality: "Africa orientalis (Ukambani)"
Current name: Anisorrhina palliata Gerstaecker, 1884
Genyodonta quadricornis Janson, O.E. (1884). Notices of new or little known Cetoniidae, no. 9. Cist. Ent. 3: 103–106 [104] pdf
Type data: syntype RMNH.INS.60030, 1 m. (ex. coll. O.E. Janson, ex. verz. Valck Lucassen). Type locality: Zambesi (Bradshaw)
Current name: Anisorrhina quadricornis (Janson, 1884)
Asthenorhella leonina Westwood, J.O. (1873). Thesaurus Entomologicus Oxoniensis. Oxford : Clarendon Press 1st Edn pp. 1–56 [4] pdf
Type data: syntypes RMNH.INS.60034, 1 f. (ex coll Thomson/Janson/Valck Lucassen. It was identified as "Tamisonia deyrollei Th.", E.O. Janson's handwriting) Type locality: "Sierra Leone", West Africa.
Current name: Asthenorhella leonina Westwood, 1873
Asthenorhina turneri Westwood, J.O. (1844). Illustrations of two new goliath beetles. pp. 71–72 in Westwood, J.O. (ed.) Arcana Entomologica. London : William Smith Vol. 2 [72] pdf
Type data: syntypes RMNH.INS.60035-60036, 2 m. (ex coll. Turner/ Janson/ Valck Lucassen) Type locality: "Africa Tropicali, Ashantee".
Current name: Asthenorhina turneri Westwood, 1844
Eccoptocnemis barthi ruviventris Moser, J. (1908). Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Cetoniden IV. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 52: 85–96 [85] pdf
Type data: syntype RMNH.INS.60037, 1 ex. (ex coll. Valck Lucassen. Labelled "J. Moser determ. / coll Dr. Ondry, Praag") Type locality: "D.O. Afrika".
Current name: Caelorrhina barthi ruviventris (Moser, 1908)
Eccoptocnemis relucens Bates, H.W. (1881). New Cetoniidae from East Central Africa. Entomol. Mon. Mag. 18: 156–157 [157] pdf
Type data: syntype RMNH.INS.60038, 1 m. (Ex coll. Valck Lucassen (O.E. Janson)) Type locality: Mamboia, East Africa [Tanzania]
Current name: Caelorrhina relucens (Bates, 1881)
Eccoptocnemis semiviridis Bourgoin, A. (1919). Scarabeidae. Trichiini et Cetoniini. pp. 121–189 in Alluaud, Ch. and Jeannel, R. Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique orientale (1911-1912). Résultats Scientifiques. Insectes Coléoptères. Paris : L. Lhomme Vol. 14 [142; pl. VII fig. 4]
Type data: syntype RMNH.INS.60039, 1 f. (Ex coll. Valck Lucassen (O.E. Janson). Collected by Alluaud & Jeannel, 14-18 april 1912) Type locality: Tanga, Kulumuzi (Gr. E. Africa) [Tanzania]
Current name: Caelorrhina semiviridis (Bourgoin, 1919)
Heterorrhina infuscata Snellen van Vollenhoven, S.C. (1864). Description de quelques espéces nouvelles de Coleoptéres. Tijdschr. Entomol. 7: 145–170 [151]
Type data: holotype RMNH.INS.60043, 1 ex. ("Kust van Guinea", coll.: H.S. Pel) Type locality: "S. George del Mina in Guinea" [Elmina, Ghana]
Current name: Chlorocala africana (Drury, 1773)
Smaragdesthes conradsi Kolbe, H. (1913). Zur Kenntnis der Fauna der Insel Ukerewe: Coleoptera, Lamellicornia. Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berl. 3: 192–218. [213]
Type data: syntypes RMNH.INS.60041-60042, 2 m. (ex coll. F.T. Valck Lucassen), RMNH RMNH.INS.60 042 1 (ex coll. F.T. Valck Lucassen) Type locality: "I. Ukerewe, D. O. Afrika" [Tanzania]
Current name: Chlorocala africana camerunica (Moser, 1910)
Smaragdesthes oertzeni kilimana Kolbe, H.J. (1907). Ueber einige Cetoniiden Afrikas. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 51: 370–375 [375]
Type data: syntypes RMNH.INS.60 044-60045, 1 m.,1f. Type locality: "Kilimandjaro", Tanzania.
Current name: Chlorocala africana oertzeni (Kolbe, 1895)
Smaragdesthes africana tangana Schürhoff, P.N. (1935). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Cetoniden (Col.) VII. Mitt. Münch. Entomol. Ges. 6(3/4): 21–28 [23]
Type data: syntype RMNH.INS.60047, 1 m. (ex coll. Valck Lucassen) Type locality: Dtsch. O. Afrika "Tanga".
Curent name: Chlorocala africana subsuturalis (Kraatz, 1891)
Smaragdesthes guerini Janson, O.E. (1888). Descriptions of new Cetoniidae. Notes Leyden Mus. 10: 107–117 [107]
Type data: holotype RMNH.INS.60046, 1 ex. (named after the artists of figure 6, pl. 21, in Gory and Percheron, Monographie des Cétoines) Type locality: "Senegal, Petit".
Current name: Chlorocala guerini (Janson, 1888)
Cetonia viridicyanea Palisot de Beauvois, A.M.F.J. (1821). Insectes receuillis en Afrique et en Amerique dans les royaumes d'Oware et de Benin, à Saint-Dominique et dans les Etats-Unis, pendant les années 1786-1797. Paris : Fain et Compagnie pp. 1–276 [29]
Type data: syntype RMNH.INS.60048, 1 m. (ex mus. Beauvoisi; ex coll. Valck Lucassen (O.E. Janson)).Type locality: W. Africa, Oware.
Current name: Chlorocala viridicyanea (Palisot, 1821)
Chondrorrhina picturata bradshawi Neervoort van de Poll, J.H.R. (1886). Ueber die Gattung Clithria Burm. Dtsch. Entomol. Z. XXX: 297–300 [300]
Type data: syntype RMNH.INS.60049, 1 m. (Coll: Bradshaw. 1878. Ex coll. Valck Lucassen (O.E. Janson)) Type locality: Zambesi.
Current name: Chondrorrhina picturata (Harold, 1878)
Goliathus (Eudicellus) auratus Westwood, J.O. (1841). Insectorum novorum Centuria. Decadis secundae, ex ordine Coleopterorum Synopsis. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (2)8: 203–205 [204]
Type data: syntype RMNH.INS.60050, 1 f. (ex coll. Turner; ex coll. Valck Lucassen (O.E. Janson)).Type locality: "Cameroons".
Current name: Cyprolais aurata (Westwood, 1841)
Coelorrhina cornuta Heath, E.A. (1904). Descriptions of two new cetonid beetles from British East Africa. Entomologist 37: 101–102 [101]
Type data: syntypes RMNH.INS.60051-60052 1 m.,1 f. (ex. coll. Heath, ex. coll. Valck Lucassen (O.E. Janson)).Type locality: Kikuyu, British East Africa [Kenya]
Current name: Cyprolais cornuta (Heath, 1904)
Ceratorrhina loricata Janson, O.E. (1877). Notices of new or little known Cetoniidae. Cist. Ent. (1875-1882)2: 141–147 [141]
Type data: holotype RMNH.INS.60053, 1 m. (ex coll. Valck Lucassen (O.E. Janson)) Type locality: "Angola".
Current name: Cyprolais loricata (Janson, 1877)
Discelachilus woodi Waterhouse, C.O. (1905). Three new Coleoptera from E. Africa belonging to the Lucanidae and Cetoniidae. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7)15: 375–377 [377]
Type data: syntype RMNH.INS.60054, 1 m. (Ex coll. Valck Lucassen, ex coll. O.E. Janson. "Rev. A.N. Wood. Taken in his garden. 1905") Type locality: Itumba, Usambara, Tanzania.
Current name: Dicelachilus woodi Waterhouse, 1905
Dyspilophora distincta Neervoort van de Poll, J.H.R. (1886). Description of a new Cetonid from West-Africa (Congo). Tijdschr. Entomol. 29: 155–156 [155]
Type data: syntype RMNH.INS.60055, 1 m. (ex coll. Van de Poll, ex coll. Valck Lucassen, O.E. Janson) Type locality: Banana L. Congo R.
Current name: Dyspilophora distincta Neervoort van de Poll, 1886
Eudicella chloe Raffray, A. (1885). Note sur la dispersion géographique des Coléoptères en Abyssinie, et descriptions d'espèces nouvelles. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. (1885)5(6): 293–326 [325]
Type data: syntype RMNH.INS.60058, 1 f. (ex Coll. O.E. Janson; Valck Lucassen/ 'E. chloë, male, fem. types. "Je vien ai jamais en que 2" Raffray in letter of 17-xi-20') Type locality: Ethiopia, Bogos.
Current name: Eudicella chloe Raffray, 1885
Ceratorhina (Eudicella) frontalis Westwood, J.O. (1843). On the Goliathideous Cetoniidae of Africa. Part 1 & Part 2. pp. 163–188 in Westwood, J.O. (ed.) Arcana Entomologica. London : Smith Vol. 1 1st Edn 190 pp. [176]
Type data: syntypes RMNH.INS.60061-60062 1 m.,1 f. (ex. coll. Turner; coll. Janson; coll. Valck Lucassen.) Type locality: Gold Coast.
Current name: Eudicella frontalis (Westwood, 1843)
Eudicella morgani schultzeorum Kolbe, H. (1906). Mitteilungen über die Fauna der Coleopteren in den Landschaften südlich vom Tschadsee (Tsâde). Berl. Entomol. Z. 51: 334–345 [341]
Type data: syntype (probable) RMNH.INS.60063, 1 m. (ex coll. Kolbe, ex coll. Valck Lucassen) Type locality: Bornu, Adamaua.
Current name: Eudicella schultzeorum Kolbe, 1906
Eudicella smithi castanoptera Janson, O.E. (1912). List of the Cetoniidae collected by Dr. E. Bayon in Uganda. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. (3)5(12): 256–272 [257]
Type data: syntypes RMNH.INS.60056-60057 1 m.,1 f. (coll. E. Bayon, ex coll O.E. Janson, ex coll. Valck Lucassen) Type locality: Uganda, Vira, Prov. Buddu.
Current name: Eudicella smithi castanoptera Janson, 1912
Eudicella smithi montana Kolbe, H.J. (1907). Ueber einige Cetoniiden Afrikas. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 51: 370–375 [373]
Type data: syntypes (probable) RMNH.INS.60059-60060, 1 m., 1 f. ("ex coll. Gérard, Genève, acq. 1927" "donekier Paris") Type locality: Kilimanscharo, Deutsch Ost-Afrika.
Current name: Eudicella smithi montana Kolbe, 1907
Eudicella hacquardi Oberthür, R. (1880). Bull. Soc. Ent. France. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 1880: 119 [119]
Type data: syntypes RMNH.INS.60065-60066 1 m., 1 f. (ex coll. Hacquard; ex coll. Valck Lucassen (O.E. Janson)) Type locality: Mhonda, Zanzibar [Tanzania].
Current name: Eudicella smithi trilineata Quedenfeldt, 1880
Eudicella trimeni Janson, O.E. (1884). Notices of new or little known Cetoniidae, no. 9. Cist. Ent. 3: 103–106 [103]
Type data: holotype RMNH.INS.60064, 1 f. (ex coll. Janson, ex coll. Valck Lucassen) Type locality: Tunjumbili, Umvoti, Natal, South Africa.
Current name: Eudicella trimeni Janson, 1884
Gnathocera rufipes Janson, O.E. (1877). Notices of new or little known Cetoniidae. No 3. Cist. Ent. 2: 247–264 [250].
Type data: syntypes RMNH.INS.60083-60084; 1m., 1f. (ex coll. Janson, ex coll. Valck Lucasen). Type locality: Angola.
Current name: Gnathocera angolensis Westwood, 1854
Gnathocera cruda Janson, O.E. (1875). Notices of new or little known Cetoniidae. No 3. Cist. Ent. 2: 247–264 [253].
Type data: syntypes RMNH.INS.60067-RMNH.INS.60068; 1m., 1f. (leg. F.A.A. Simons; ex. coll. Janson, coll. Valck Lucassen). Type locality: Malawi, "Livingstonia, Lake Nyassa".
Current name: Gnathocera cruda Janson, 1875
Gnathocera hyacinthina Janson, O.E. (1885). Notices of new or little known Cetoniidae. No 10. Cist. Ent. 3: 139–152 [143].
Type data: holotype RMNH.INS.60069, 1m. (leg. Boëndorf, ex coll. Janson. coll. Valck Lucassen.). Type locality: Semmio, Nyamnyams.
Current name: Gnathocera hyacinthina Janson, 1885
Gnathocera legrosi Janson, O.E. (1900). List of the species of Gnathocera in the collection of the Royal Museum Brussels, with descriptions of two new species. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 44: 462–466 [465].
Type data: syntypes RMNH.INS.60073-RMNH.INS.60074; 1m., 1f. (leg. A.V. Legros, ex coll. Janson, coll Valck Lucassen.). Type locality: British East Africa [Kenya], Lake Nakuro.
Current name: Gnathocera legrosi Janson, 1900
Gnathocera gracilis Janson, O.E. (1877). Notices of new or little known Cetoniidae. No 3. Cist. Ent. 2: 247–264 [252].
Type data: holotype RMNH.INS.60070, 1m. (leg. Welwitsch; ex coll. Janson, coll. Valck Lucassen.). Type locality: Angola.
Current name: Gnathocera lurida Janson, 1877
Gnathocera lurida Janson, O.E. (1877). Notices of new or little known Cetoniidae. No 3. Cist. Ent. 2: 247–264 [251].
Type data: syntypes RMNH.INS.60071-RMNH.INS.60072; 1f.,1m. (leg. Welwitsch; ex. coll Janson, coll. Valck Lucassen.). Type locality: Angola.
Current name: Gnathocera lurida Janson, 1877
Gnathocera marginata Janson, O.E. (1885). Notices of new or little known Cetoniidae. No 10. Cist. Ent. 3: 139–152 [145].
Type data: syntypes RMNH.INS.60075-RMNH.INS.60076; 1m.,1f. (leg.: Candèze, ex coll. Janson, ex coll. Valck Lucassen.). Type locality: "Congo District, West Africa".
Current name: Gnathocera marginata Janson, 1885
Gnathocera pilosa Kraatz, G. (1897). Eine neue Gnathocera aus Ostafrica. Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 1897: 408 [408].
Type data: syntypes RMNH.INS.60077-RMNH.INS.60078; 1m., 2f. ("from Dr. G. Kraatz, 1900"; ex coll Janson, ex coll Valck Lucassen). Type locality: Burundi; Rwanda.
Current name: Gnathocera pilosa Kraatz, 1897
Gnathocera pubescens Janson, O.E. (1885). Notices of new or little known Cetoniidae. No 10. Cist. Ent. 3: 139–152 [144].
Type data: syntypes RMNH.INS.60081-60082; 1m., 1f. (leg: E. Candèze, ex coll. Janson, ex coll. Valck Lucassen; (RMNH.INS.60082 female: head missing!) Type locality: "Congo R., W. Africa".
Current name: Gnathocera pubescens Janson, 1885
Gnathocera semiviridis Kraatz, G. (1898). Vier neue westafricanische Gnathocera-Arten. Dtsch. Entomol. Z. (2)1898: 201–204 [203].
Type data: syntype RMNH RMNH.INS.60085, 1ex. ("from Dr. G. Kraatz, 1900", ex coll. Janson, ex coll. Valck Lucassen). Type locality: "Adamana, West Africa".
Current name: Gnathocera semiviridis Kraatz, 1898
Gnathocera propinqua Bourgoin, A. (1921). Résultats scientifiques. Insectes Coleoptères. Cetoniini. pp. 1–44 in Babault, G. (ed.) Voyage e Guy Babault en Afrique orientale (1912-1913).
Type data: syntypes RMNH.INS.60079, 1f. ("ex coll. Vitalis de Salvara; acq. Clermont", ex coll. Valck Lucassen), RMNH RMNH.INS.60080, 1m. ("ex coll. Vitalis de Salvara, acq. Clermont, 1928", "G. Babault, 1913". Ex coll. Valck Lucassen.). Type locality: Yala River [Kenya], Env. de Kalmosi, Fôret de Kakamegoes, Mont Elgon [Uganda].
Current name: Gnathocera trivittata Swederus, 1787
Gnathocera concolor Kraatz, G. (1898). Vier neue westafricanische Gnathocera-Arten. Dtsch. Entomol. Z. (2)1898: 201–204 [202].
Type data: syntype RMNH.INS.60087, 1f. (ex coll. O.E. Janson, ex coll. Valck Lucassen, "from G. Kraatz, 1900"). Type locality: Adamana, W. Africa.
Current name: Gnathocera trivittata amitina Kolbe, 1914
Gnathocera nyansana Kolbe, H. (1913). Zur Kenntnis der Fauna der Insel Ukerewe: Coleoptera, Lamellicornia. Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berl. 3: 192–218 [215].
Type data: syntype RMNH.INS.60086, 1f. Type locality: I. Ukerewe [Tanzania].
Current name: Gnathocera trivittata nyansana Kolbe, 1913
Gnathocera truncata Janson, O.E. (1900). List of the species of Gnathocera in the collection of the Royal Museum Brussels, with descriptions of two new species. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 44: 462–466 [463].
Type data: syntype RMNH.INS.60088, 1m. (ex coll. O.E. Janson, ex coll. Valck Lucassen, "J. Duvivier"). Type locality: Moliro, Tanganyika.
Current name: Gnathocera truncata Janson, 1900
Gnathocera valida Janson, O.E. (1884). Notices of new or little known Cetoniidae, no. 9. Cist. Ent. 3: 103–106 [105].
Type data: syntype RMNH.INS.60089, 1f. (ex coll. O.E. Janson, ex coll. Valck Lucassen). Type locality: "Zambesi (Bradshaw)".
Current name: Gnathocera valida Janson, 1884
Gnathocera villosa Janson, O.E. (1877). Notices of new or little known Cetoniidae. No 3. Cist. Ent. 2: 247–264 [254].
Type data: syntypes RMNH.INS.60090-60091; 1m., 1f. (ex coll. O.E. Janson, ex coll. Valck Lucassen). Type locality: Angola.
Current name: Gnathocera villosa Janson, 1877
Melinesthes serripes Janson, O.E. (1885). Notices of new or little known Cetoniidae. No 10. Cist. Ent. 3: 139–152 [142].
Type data: syntypes RMNH.INS.60093-60094; 1f., 1m. (ex coll. O.E. Janson, ex coll. Valck Lucassen). Type locality: "E. Africa", Mozambique, Inhambane.
Current name: Inhambane serripes (Janson, 1885)
Endodonta vanderkelleni Lansberge, J.W. (1886). Scarabaeides, Buprestides et Cérambycides de l'Afrique occidentale, envoyés au Musée de Leyde par MM. Veth et Van der Kellen. Notes Leyden Mus. 8: 69–120 [108].
Type data: holotype RMNH.INS.60092, 1m. (ex. coll. Valck Lucassen (ex coll. O.E. Janson); ex coll Van der Poll, "from Ritsema"). Type locality: Angola, Kumpata.
Current name: Lansbergia vanderkelleni (Lansberge, 1886)
Mecynorhina oberthueri Fairmaire, L. (1903). Description d'une nouvelle espèce de Goliathide provenant de l'Ukami. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 1903: 261 [261].
Type data: syntype RMNH.INS.60095, 1m. ("from R. Oberthür"). Type locality: German East Africa [Tanzania], Ukami.
Current name: Mecynorhina oberthueri Fairmaire, 1903
Melinesthes calvipes Janson, O.E. (1885). Notices of new or little known Cetoniidae. No 10. Cist. Ent. 3: 139–152 [140].
Type data: holotype RMNH.INS.60096, 1m. (ex coll. O.E. Janson, ex coll. Valck Lucassen). Type locality: "Basuto Land, S. Africa" [Lesotho].
Current name: Melinesthes algoensis (Westwood, 1843)
Melinesthes exilis Janson, O.E. (1885). Notices of new or little known Cetoniidae. No 10. Cist. Ent. 3: 139–152 [141].
Type data: holotype RMNH.INS.60097, 1m. (ex coll. O.E. Janson, ex coll. Valck Lucassen). Type locality: Natal, South Africa.
Current name: Melinesthes exilis Janson, 1885
Melinesthes hamula Janson, O.E. (1885). Notices of new or little known Cetoniidae. No 10. Cist. Ent. 3: 139–152 [141].
Type data: syntypes RMNH.INS.60098-60099; 1m., 1f. (male: ex coll. Turner; female: coll. Parry. Ex coll. O.E. Janson, ex coll. Valck Lucassen). Type locality: male: "S.E. Africa"; female: "Natal".
Current name: Melinesthes hamula Janson, 1885
Melinesthes manowensis Schürhoff, P.N. (1933). Weitere beiträge zur kenntnis der Cetoniden (Col.) Mitt. Dtsch. Entomol. Ges. 4(7): 97–102 [97].
Type data: syntypes RMNH.INS.60100-60101; 1m., 1f. (ex coll. Valck Lucassen). Type locality: "D.O. Africa, Manow".
Current name: Melinesthes manowensis Schürhoff, 1933
Melinesthes roggemani Krikken, J. (1987). A new Melinesthes from Rwanda, with notes on related species (Coleoptera: Cetoniidae) Haroldius 2: 6–14 [10] Unavailable name: art. 8 & 9 of IZCN (see also Marais & Holm, 1992. Cimbebasia 8: 51)
Type data: syntypes RMNH 2f., 1m. (ex coll. Roggeman). Type locality: Rwanda, Nyarubuye; Rwanda, Mt. Kigali.
Melinesthes umbonata atricollis Janson, O.E. (1885). Notices of new or little known Cetoniidae. No 10. Cist. Ent. 3: 139–152 [139]
Type data: syntypes RMNH.INS.60102-60103, 2m. (ex coll. O.E. Janson, ex coll. Valck Lucassen. RMNH.INS.60102: "coll. Turner". Type locality: "S.E. Africa, Natal".
Current name: Melinesthes umbonata (Gory & Percheron, 1833)
Neptunides polychrous marginipennis Moser, J. (1904). Neue afrikanische Cetoniden-Arten. Berl. Entomol. Z. 48: 59–70 [59]
Type data: syntype RMNH.INS.60104, 1m. (ex coll. G.A. Higlett, ex coll. O.E. Janson, ex coll. Valck Lucassen). Type locality: Gr. E.Africa [Tanzania], Mahenge, Uluguruberge.
Current name: Neptunides polychrous J. Thomson, 1879
Neptunides stanleyi Janson, O.E. (1889). Description of a new Goliath beetle from Central Africa. Entomologist 22: 40–41 [40].
Type data: syntypes RMNH.INS.60105-60106; 1m., 1f. (female: leg Mons. Denoit, ex coll. Oberthür; ex coll. O.E. Janson, ex coll. Valck Lucassen). Type locality: male: Upper Congo, Stanley Falls; female: Uganda.
Current name: Neptunides stanleyi Janson, 1889
Plaesiorrhina ugandensis Heath, E.A. (1903). Description of a new Cetoniid beetle from British East Africa. Entomologist 36: 98 [98].
Type data: syntypes RMNH.INS.60110-60111; 2 ex. ("from Dr. Heath"; ex coll. O.E. Janson, ex coll. Valck Lucassen). Type locality: British East Africa, Uganda.
Current name: Plaesiorrhinella cinctuta Voet, 1779
Plaesiorrhina ugandensis decepta Janson, O.E. (1911). List of the Cetoniidae collected by Dr. E Bayon in Uganda. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. 'Giacomo Doria' (3)5: 256–272 [260]
Type data: syntypes RMNH.INS.60107-60109; 3 ex. (RMNH.INS.60108-60109: ex. coll. Dr. E Bayon; ex coll. O.E. Janson, ex coll. Valck Lucassen). Type locality: Uganda; Victoria Nyanza.
Current name: Plaesiorrhinella cinctuta Voet, 1779
Ptychodesthes schenklingi Moser, J. (1917). Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Cetoniden XVI. Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 1917: 2 [2].
Type data: syntype RMNH.INS.60112, 1m. (ex coll. Kraatz; ex coll. Valck Lucassen). Type locality: "Goldkuste" [Gold coast, Ghana].
Current name: Ptychodesthes schenklingi Moser, 1917
Heteroclita jansoni Distant, W.L. (1897). Coleoptera collected in the Transvaal. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6)19: 575–579 [577].
Type data: syntypes RMNH.INS.60113-60114; 2m. (leg. W.L. Distant, ex coll. O.E. Janson, ex coll. Valck Lucassen). Type locality: Trasvaal, Pretoria.
Current name: Raceloma jansoni (Distant, 1897)
Goliathini: Dicronocephalina (Or.)
Dicranocephalus bieti Pouillaude, I. (1914). Le genre Dicranocephalus Hope (Col. Cetonides). Insecta Mundi 4: 269–303 [273]
Type data: syntypes (probable) RMNH RMNH.INS.60006-60007, 1 m., 1 f. (from the Oberthür collection, purchased by Valck Lucassen; these specimens probably belong to the original type series).Type locality: Chine, Ou-Sy.
Current name: Dicronocephalus bieti Pouillaude, 1914
Dicranocephalus bourgoini Pouillaude, I. (1914). Le genre Dicranocephalus Hope (Col. Cetonides). Insecta Mundi 4: 269–303 [293]
Type data: syntypes RMNH.INS.60008-60023, 10 m., 6 f. (coll.: Sauter, 1912; ex. coll. Valck Lucassen).Type locality: Formosa, Kosempo.
Current name: Dicronocephalus bourgoini Pouillaude, 1914
Goliathini: Goliathina (Afr.)
General references: Schenkling, S. (1921). Scarabaeidae: Cetoninae. pp. 1–431 in Junk, W. (ed.) Coleopterorum Catalogus. Pars 72. Berlin-'s-Gravenhage : Verlag für Naturwissenschaften Vol. 21 1st Edn [4]. For alternative taxonomic arrangement, see Wiebes, J.T. (1968). Catalogue of the Coleoptera Cetoniidae in the Leiden Museum. 1. Goliathus Lamarck sensu lato. Zool. Meded. (Leiden) (3)43: 19–40 [20].
Goliathinus aureosparsus Neervoort van de Poll, J.R.H. (1890). Description of a new Goliathid from the Cameroons. Notes Leyden Mus. (12)1890: 131–134 [131]
Type data: holotype RMNH.INS.60004, 1 f. Type locality: Barombi, Cameroons (W. Africa)
Current name: Fornasinius aureosparsus (Neervoort van de Poll, 1890)
Fornasinius hauseri Kraatz, G. (1896). Fornasinius Hauseri, eine neue Goliathiden-Art aus Kamerun. Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 1896: 67–70 [67] [junior objective synonym of Fornasinius fornasinii Bertoloni, 1853]
Type data: syntypes (probable) RMNH.INS.60002, 1 m. (genit. Cet. prep. nr. 13, ex. Coll. Valck Lucassen), RMNH.INS.60003 , 1 f. Type locality: "Jkutha" [Ikutha, Kenya]
Compiled from secondary source: Wiebes, J.T. (1968). Catalogue of the Coleoptera Cetoniidae in the Leiden Museum. 1. Goliathus Lamarck sensu lato. Zool. Meded. (Leiden) (3)43: 19–40 [31] (According to Wiebes, the specimens from Jkutha probably did not belong to Kraatz's type series.).
Current name: Fornasinius fornasinii Bertoloni, 1853
Goliathus meleagris Sjöstedt, Y. (1927). Goliathus meleagris n. sp. Entomol. Tidskr. (48)2: 123 [123] pdf
Type data: syntypes (probable) RMNH.INS.60001, 1 m. Type locality: Kinda, Katanga [Congo DRC]
Compiled from secondary source: Wiebes, J.T. (1968). Catalogue of the Coleoptera Cetoniidae in the Leiden Museum. 1. Goliathus Lamarck sensu lato. Zool. Meded. (Leiden) (3)43: 19–40 [26] (Catalogued as "cotype of G. meleagris Sjöstedt")
Current name: Goliathus orientalis Moser, 1909
Goliathus (Goliathinus) pluto Raffray, A. (1880). Description d'une nouvelle espèce de Coléoptère d'Abyssinie (Goliathus (Goliathinus) Pluto Raffr.). Bull. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 1880: 123 [123]
Type data: lectotype RMNH.INS.60005, 1 m. (Invalid lectotype designation?) Type locality: Bogos, Ethiopia.
Compiled from secondary source: Marais, E. & Holm, E. (1992). Type Catalogue and Bibliography of the Cetoniinae of Sub-Saharan Africa. Cimbebasia 8: 125 [34] (Types are listed to be in MNHN (2 types) and in ZSMC (2 types)).
Current name: Hegemus pluto (Raffray, 1880)
Goliathini: Ichnestomina (Afr.)
Ichnostoma lacordairei Lacordaire, T. (1860). Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Genera des Coléoptères ou exposé methodique et critique de tous les genres proposés jusqu'ici dans cet ordre d'Insectes. Atlas. Paris : Roret Vol. 13 (Atlas) 1st Edn [38,2] pdf
This species is based on an artefact, with the body of a Trichostetha, to which it was transferred by Holm & Marais (1988). Listed by Schenkling as Ichnostoma Lacordairei J. Thomson in Lacord. Gen. Col. Altlas, t. 38, fig. 2. (Coleopterorum Catalogus, p. 80)
Type data: lectotype RMNH.INS.60024, 1 m. (ex. Coll. Valck Lucassen; ex. coll. E.O. Janson; ex. coll. J. Thomson) Type locality: "Afrique austr."
Subsequent designation: Holm, E., Marais,E. (1988). Revision of African Cetoniinae I: Genus Trichostetha Burmeister (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) Cimbebasia 10: 51–65 [59] (Lectotype designation)
Compiled from secondary sources:
Thomson, J. (1860). Musée Scientifique ou Recueil d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris : Imprimerie Bouchard-Huzard 1st Edn pp. 1–96 [38] Footnote: Thomson denies the description and pointed out the synonymy with Cetonia albo-picta (Gory & Percheron) pdf
Schenkling, S. (1921). Scarabaeidae: Cetoninae. pp. 1–431 in Junk, W. (ed.) Coleopterorum Catalogus. Pars 72. Berlin-'s-Gravenhage : Verlag für Naturwissenschaften Vol. 21 1st Edn [80] Listed as "Ichnostoma Lacordairei J. Thoms. in Lacord. Gen. Col. Atlas, t. 38, fig. 2"
Valck Lucassen, F.T. (1933). Ichnostoma Lacordairii (Thoms.) Lac. Tijdschr. Entomol. 76: 102 [102] pdf The Leiden museum bought the Valck Lucassen collection, including this type of Lacordaire, in 1940. Valck Lucassen gave 1869 as publication date of Thomson's Musée Scientifique, in error.
Holm, E., Marais, E. (1988). Revision of African Cetoniinae I: Genus Trichostetha Burmeister (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Cimbebasia 10: 51–65 [59] "This type was illustrated by Lacordaire (Gen, Coleopt. pl. 38 fig. 2) as if described by Thomson. Thomson (1869) denied the description and pointed out the synonymy with T. albopicta"
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