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Lophyra (Stenolophyra) infuscatula W. Horn 1915

Description

Lophyra (Stenolophyra) infuscatula (W. Horn, 1915)

Distribution in Angola (provinces): 1) Malanje, Benguela, Huambo, Huíla; 2) Bié.

Material examined: Cachingues‒Chipica (coord.: 13º 10´15.74´´ S, 16º 45´48.17´´ E, 1649 m alt., 281) (BIÉ), 1.XI.2014, 1♂, DO, A. Serrano leg., ASC; Kakande (coord.: 12º 42´50.73´´ S, 16º 45´33.19´´ E, 1716 m alt., 233) (BIÉ), 4.XI.2014, 2♂, DO, A. Serrano leg., ASC.

Remarks. A species known from Angola, D. R. of the Congo and Tanzania (Werner 2000b). The adults were found beneath the herbaceous vegetation in the edges of countryside roads within savanah (Cachingues-Chipica) or open secondary forest (Kakande). Further adults of other tiger beetle species are syntopic in the same habitats (see P. angusticollis ecological remarks for both localities).

Notes

Published as part of Serrano, Artur R. M., Capela, Rúben A. & Oesterle, Andreas, 2015, Three new species of tiger beetles and new data on Cicindelina species from Angola (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Cicindelinae), pp. 151-178 in Zootaxa 4032 (2) on page 167, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4032.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/253740

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References

  • Werner, K. (2000 b) The Tiger Beetles of Africa (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae). Vol. 2. Taita Publishers, Hradec Kralove, 207 pp.