Information: Goliathus albosignatus, iis the smallest species in genus Goliathus described by Boheman in 1857 from Limpopo prov. in South Africa. The species has marked sexual dimorphism: males have a "Y" shaped horn on clypeus, while females lack this feature and have generally discreet appearance. Species inhabits South African savannah Acacia woodland and well-preserved forests, mostly near water bodies.
Body length: 40 - 70 mm
Peak activity: November - January
Remarks: Specimens have been observed feeding on sap flows Zyziphus mucronata, Combretum molle. Adults often aggregate on sleeping trees at dusk - in the RSA they aggregate on large marula (Sclerocarya birrea caffra) trees.
Distribution: Republic of South Africa, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Zoogeographic region: Afrotropical
Taxonomic classification:
Fruit Chafers of Southern Africa | Holm 1992 The Cetoniinae of Africa | Beinhundner 2017
Information:
Body length: 40 - 70 mm
Peak activity: November - January
Distribution: Republic of South Africa (northeast), Zimbabwe
Material examined (& observation):
Our observation period: November ~ December 
Sampling Methods: on the trees 
[= Goliathus kirkianus Gray, 1864]
Information: Goliathus albosignatus ssp. kirkianus, is now accepted as a subspecies which was described by Gray in 1864 from Mozambique with the locality of Tete.
Body length: 40 - 70 mm
Peak activity: November - January
Distribution: Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, Tanzania
South AfricaFlower Beetles website by Petr Malec
Goliathus albosignatus
