Biodiversity and notes on carabid beetles from Angola with description of new taxa (Coleoptera: Carabidae) Author Serrano, Artur R. M. Author Capela, Rúben A. Author Santos, Carmen Van-Dúnem Neto text Zootaxa 2017 2017-11-23 4353 2 201 256 journal article 31353 10.11646/zootaxa.4353.2.1 d93b2bd2-75e1-467c-89d3-e2faee3b10a4 1175-5326 1065124 D2902BF9-0213-40F3-91A4-EC4D4FDB3B27 Abacetus ( Abacetillus ) optimus Péringuey, 1904 Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 1) Moxico ; 2) Kwanza Sul . Material examined. Alto Ventura (Faz. Monte Café) (Calulo) ( 9° 59´15´´ S , 14° 50´12´´ E , 1086 m alt., 128) ( KWANZA SUL ), 30. XI.2015, 1 ♂, 2♀ , 5. XII.2015, 1 ♀, DO, A . Serrano & R. Capela leg., ASC ; Mussende (Calulo) ( 9° 57´00´´ S , 14° 47´36´´ E , 905 m alt., 128) ( KWANZA SUL ), 28.XI‒5. XII.2015, 3 ♀, PF, A . Serrano & R. Capela leg., ASC ; Calulo-Cabuta ( 9° 53´59´´ S , 14° 54´26´´ E , 831 m alt., 128) ( KWANZA SUL ), 29.XI‒ 6. XII.2015, 8 ♂, 9♀ , PF, A . Serrano & R. Capela leg., ASC . Remarks. A species widespread throughout Angola , Zimbabwe , Mozambique and South Africa ( Straneo 1958 , 1959 , 1991). Adults were found in activity within the litter of secondary rainforests together with adults of some tiger and ground beetles [e.g. Dromica ( Foveodromica ) sp., A . distinctus , Disphericus tarsalis , C. magnicollis discrepans , G. procera capelai ssp. n. ] and collected also by pitfall trapping in the same habitats. It is a new record for the Kwanza Sul Province .