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
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2
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journal article
31353
10.11646/zootaxa.4353.2.1
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Siopelus
(
Neosiopelus
)
punctatellus punctatellus
(Reiche, 1847)
Distribution in
Angola
(Provinces):
1)
Benguela
,
Huíla
,
Lunda
Norte
,
Malanje
; 2)
Huambo
.
Material examined.
Caála (
12° 51´11´´ S
,
15° 33´07´´ E
,
1758 m
alt., 256) (
HUAMBO
),
4.XI.2015
,
1♀
, DO,
A
. Serrano & R. Capela leg., ASC.
Remarks.
A
species present throughout Arabian Peninsula and eastern and central-southern Africa (
Yemen
,
Eritrea
,
Somalia
,
Ethiopia
,
Kenya
,
Tanzania
,
Mozambique
,
Malawi
,
Rwanda
,
Burundi
, D. R. of the
Congo
,
Angola
,
Namibia
,
Zambia
,
Zimbabwe
,
Niger
) (
Basilewsky 1950a
,
Ferreira 1965
, Insectoid.info 2017). It is with some reserve that we ascribe to this species the sampled female singleton. It should be necessary a male to confirm this identification because there are some species belonging to this sg. with similar habitus (see
Facchini 2012c
). The adult was found on ground during night near public lights together with several other ground beetles (see
P. incrassatus
remarks). It is a new record for the
Huambo Province
.