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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Craspedophorus magnicollis discrepans
Basilewsky, 1987
Distribution in
Angola
(Provinces):
1)
Malanje
,
Huíla
; 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
),
2.XII.2015
,
1♂
),
4.XII.2015
,
1♂
,
5.XII.2015
,
1♂
,
1♀
, DO,
A
.
Serrano
&
R. Capela
leg.,
ASC
.
Remarks.
The nominal species was described from
Angola
(
Malanje
) (
Quedenfeldt 1883
) and has a distribution throughout
Angola
and D. R. of the
Congo
(
Häckel & Farkač 2012
).
Basilewsky (1987)
described two subspecies,
C. magnicollis discrepans
from the Lulua region (D. R. of the
Congo
) and
Zambia
and
C. magnicollis inquilinus
from Mayidi (D. R. of the
Congo
), giving the drawings of aedeagus apex (dorsal view) of the three taxa. Interestingly our Calulo specimens present the aedeagus apex similar to the
C. magnicollis discrepans
(
Basilewsky 1987,
Fig. 4c
), enlarging its distribution to
Angola
. 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
,
A
. optimus
]. It is a new record for the
Kwanza
Sul
Province
.