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Megacephala megacephala Olivier 1790
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Megacephala megacephala (Olivier, 1790)
Geographic distribution: Mauritania, Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Nigeria and Chad.
Distribution in Guinea –Bissau: 11B, 19, 23, 28, 36.
Specimens sampled: Coli (Quebo), 10.VII.2006, 1 Ψ, “DO”, 15.VII.2006, 1 ɗ, “BL”, (AS).
Remarks: A Sahelian-Sudan western species, more xerophile than the other African forms of this genus (Basilewsky 1966). The adults have nocturnal activity and can be captured by or near light traps, normally during or just after rain fall. This species was recorded for the first time to Guinea-Bissau by Mandl (1956).
Notes
Published as part of Serrano, Artur R. M., 2007, Notes on tiger beetles from Guinea-Bissau, with description of a new species of Cylindera Westwood (Insecta: Coleoptera, Cicindelidae) *, pp. 1-21 in Zootaxa 1630 on page 5, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.179386
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- Is part of
- Journal article: 10.5281/zenodo.179386 (DOI)
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/7D622341FFE9E43C541AFFE8FFE7FFD2 (URL)
- Is source of
- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/815B5B39FFEDE438548DFE45FA63FD08 (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/119377569 (URL)
- https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/48858/taxon/815B5B39FFEDE438548DFE45FA63FD08.taxon (URL)
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Olivier
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Carabidae
- Genus
- Megacephala
- Species
- megacephala
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Megacephala megacephala Olivier, 1790 sec. Serrano, 2007
References
- Basilewsky, P. (1966) Revision des Megacephala d`Afrique (Coleoptera Carabidae Cicindelinae). Annales du Musee Royal de L`Afrique Centrale, Ser. In - 8 º, Sciences zoologiques, 152, 1 - 149.
- Mandl, K. 1956 Neun neue Cicindelindenformen aus tropischen Landern. Entomologische Arbeiten aus den Museum Gg. Frey, 7, 378 - 397.