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Catascopus (Catascopus) senegalensis Dejean 1831

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Description

Catascopus (Catascopus) senegalensis Dejean, 1831

Distribution: ANG, BFO, DOC, GAM, GBI, GHA, GUI, RCI, SEN, SLN.

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

Historic records:

Bafatá (BAF) (Brivio 1957);

Coli (Quebo) (TOB) (Serrano 2009a).

Material examined: Banhinda (P.N. T. Cacheu) (12º 12´16.67´´ N, 16º 02´56.45´´ W, 25 m alt.) (CAC), 26. VI.2009, 3 males, LT, A. Serrano leg., ASC.

Remarks. The species is widespread throughout western and central Africa (Lorenz 2021). It was first recorded in the former “ Guinea portoghese ” by Brivio (1957) and later in Guinea-Bissau by Serrano (2009a). The adult specimens were captured by LT within an open secondary forest (Table 1). It is a new species record for the CAC 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 374, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5419.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/10791748

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Dejean
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Carabidae
Genus
Catascopus
Species
senegalensis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Catascopus (Catascopus) senegalensis Dejean, 1831 sec. Serrano, 2024

References

  • Brivio, P. C. (1957) Contributo alla conoscenza della fauna coleopterologica della Guinea Portoghese. I - Carabidae. Atti della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano, 96, 37 - 50.
  • 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)