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Strigomerus sulcipennis

Description

Strigomerus sulcipennis (Dejean, 1831)

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 1) Lunda Norte, Moxico; 2) Bié.

Material examined. Satchijamba (10 km E) (13° 43´38.76´´ S, 17° 12´17.74´´ E, 1601 m alt., 283) (BIÉ), 7.IV.2014, 1♂, DO, A. Serrano & R. Capela leg., ASC.

Remarks. A species with a distribution throughout Angola, D. R. of the Congo, Zimbabwe and South Africa (Straneo 1942, 1958, 1959). The singleton adult was collected under the bark of a decomposing trunk together with Zygentoma, Formicidae and Tenebrionidae adults and the ant beetle Paussus (Klugipaussus) pseudoklugi Luna de Carvalho, 1963 within an open secondary forest (see Serrano 2015a). It is a new record for the Bié province.

Notes

Published as part of Serrano, Artur R. M., Capela, Rúben A. & Santos, Carmen Van-Dúnem Neto, 2017, Biodiversity and notes on carabid beetles from Angola with description of new taxa (Coleoptera: Carabidae), pp. 201-256 in Zootaxa 4353 (2) on page 210, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4353.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1065124

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
ASC
Event date
2014-04-07
Verbatim event date
2014-04-07
Scientific name authorship
Dejean
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Carabidae
Genus
Strigomerus
Species
sulcipennis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Strigomerus sulcipennis (Dejean, 1831) sec. Serrano, Capela & Santos, 2017

References

  • Serrano, A. R. M. & Capela, R. A. (2015 a) Scientific note. New records of ant nest beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Paussinae: Paussini) in Angola and an annotated list of species known from the country. The Coleopterists Bulletin, 69 (3), 525 - 528. https: // doi. org / 10.1649 / 0010 - 065 X- 69.3.525