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Anaulacus (Caphora) africanus

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Description

Anaulacus (Caphora) africanus (Alluaud, 1915)

Distribution: ANG, CAM, CON, DOC, GBI, GUI, KEN, MLI, RCH, RRW, SEN, TAN.

Distribution in Guinea-Bissau (Administrative Regions): 1) CAC, OIO; 2) TOB.

Historic records:

Bissorã (OIO), Varela (CAC) (Serrano 2009a).

Material examined: Jemberem (IBAP) (11º 14´08.32´´ N, 15º 02´18.25´´ W, 29 m alt.) (TOB), 9.VII.2009, 1 male, LT, A. Serrano leg., ASC.

Remarks. The species is widely distributed throughout western, central and eastern Africa (Lorenz 2021). It was first reported for Guinea-Bissau by Serrano (2009a). The adult specimen was captured by LT within a semi-humid forest (Table 1). It is a new species record for the TOB Administrative Region, Guinea-Bissau.

Notes

Published as part of Serrano, Artur R. M., 2024, Ground beetles of the subfamily Lebiinae (Carabidae) of Guinea-Bissau: description of three new species and faunistic notes, pp. 361-393 in Zootaxa 5419 (3) on page 366, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5419.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/10791748

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Alluaud
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Carabidae
Genus
Anaulacus
Species
africanus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Anaulacus (Caphora) africanus (Alluaud, 1915) sec. Serrano, 2024

References

  • Serrano, A. R. M. (2009 a) Biodiversity and notes on Carabid beetles from Guinea-Bissau. VI. Lebiinae (Coleoptera: Carabidae). Nouvelle Revue d'Entomologie, Nouvelle Serie, 26 (1), 27 - 46.
  • Lorenz, W. (2021) Carabcat database. In: Banki, O., Roskov, Y., Doring, M., Ower, G., Vandepitte, L., Hobern, D., Remsen, D., Schalk, P., DeWalt, R. E., Keping, M., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Adlard, R., Adriaenssens, E. M., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., Akkari, N., et al., Catalogue of Life Checklist. Version 03. August 2021. Faunaplan, Tuzing. Available from: https: // doi. org / 10.48580 / dfqf- 3 dk (accessed 14 February 2024)