Scarites (Orientolobus) lucidus strigiceps Quendenfeldt, 1883

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), Zootaxa 4353 (2), pp. 201-256 : 206-207

Scarites (Orientolobus) lucidus strigiceps Quendenfeldt, 1883

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

Material examined. Bembua-Camenhe (12° 16´53´´ S, 15° 27´01´´ E, 1686 m alt., 231) (HUAMBO), 1. XI.2015, 3 ♂, 1♀, DO, A. Serrano & R. Capela leg., ASC ; Chitembo (6 km SE) (13° 33´23´´ S, 16° 47´22´´ E, 1586 m alt., 302) ( BIÉ), 9. XI.2015, 1 ♂, DO, A. Serrano & R. Capela leg., ASC ; Chingueia-Mandongue (13° 35´46´´ S, 16° 58´59´´ E, 1648 m alt., 302) ( BIÉ), 9. XI.2015, 2 ♂, 1♀, DO, A. Serrano & R. Capela leg., ASC ; Mumbué ( Cuanza riverhead) (13° 49´41´´ S, 17° 19´26´´ E, 1511 m alt., 303) ( BIÉ), 8‒17. XI.2015, 1 ♂, 1♀, PF, A. Serrano & R. Capela leg., ASC ; Catota (2,5 km S) (14° 00´37´´ S, 17° 24´00´´ E, 1532 m alt., 323) ( BIÉ), 8‒ 17. XI.2015, 1 ♂, PF, 12. XI.2015, 1 ♂, DO, A. Serrano & R. Capela leg., ASC .

Remarks. A species spread throughout Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zimbabwe, Angola, Tanzania and Mozambique ( Basilewsky, 1955). Adults were found within secondary open forest on reddish soil together with some adults of tiger and ground beetles [Bembua-Camenhe: Prothyma (s. str.) erythropyga erythropyga ( Putzeys, 1880) , Dromica (Foveodromica) spp., Prothymidia angusticollis angusticollis (Boheman, 1848) , Cylindera agualusai Serrano & Capela, 2015 , Graphipterus albomarginatus Quedenfeldt, 1883 ] or on sandy whitish soil [Chitembo: Trichotaenia nzingae Oesterle, Serrano & Capela, 2015 , Lophyra (Stenolophyra) uncivittata ( Quedenfeldt, 1883) ; Chingueia-Mandongue: Dromica fredericoi Serrano & Capela, 2015 , T. nzingae , Elliptica muata f. parallelestriata (W. Horn, 1923) , Graphipterus congoensis lundanus Basilewsky, 1977 and Cypholoba rohani (Bénard, 1921) ; Mumbué: Dromica pentheri W. Horn , E. muata f. parallelestriata , Graphipterus andersoni Chaudoir, 1870 , Anthia (Odontanthia) convexipennis Putzeys, 1880 ; Catota: D. fredericoi , Trichotaenia pepetela Serrano & Capela, 2015 , Chlaenius (Pachydinodes) bipustulatus Boheman, 1848 , Abacetus pseudoangolensis , Siopelus (Neosiopelus) wrasei Facchini, 2012 , Graphipterus andersoni and Atractonotus puncticollis Schle & Heinz, 2013 ]. It is a new record for the Huambo and Bié Provinces.