Ground beetles of the subfamily Lebiinae (Carabidae) of Guinea-Bissau: description of three new species and faunistic notes
Author
Serrano, Artur R. M.
text
Zootaxa
2024
2024-03-07
5419
3
361
393
http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5419.3.3
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.5419.3.3
1175-5326
10791748
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Neocoptodera
(
Neocoptodera
)
championi
(Murray, 1857)
Distribution
: BFO, DOC, GBI, GUI, NRE, RCI, SLN.
Distribution in Guinea-Bissau (Administrative Regions):
2) OIO.
Historic records:
BissorĂ£ (OIO) [Serrano 2009a sub
Coptodera
(
Coptoderina
)
rugiceps
(Murray, 1857)
].
Material examined:
BissorĂ£ (OIO), 17.VI.1992, 1 male, LT, A. Serrano leg., ASC.
Remarks.
The species has a scattered known distribution throughout western and central Africa (Jansen 1968; Lorenz 2021). The male adult specimen of BissorĂ£ was misinterpreted and identified as
Coptodera
(
Coptoderina
)
rugiceps
(Murray, 1857)
and by Serrano (2009a). Taking this into account,
C. rugiceps
must be excluded from the known entomofauna of Guinea-Bissau. The male adult specimen matches very well with the description of
Neocoptodera championi
, including the aedeagus (Jansen 1968). This species is a new record for Guinea-Bissau.