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
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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
.