Axinotoma latipalpis Basilewsky, 1968

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 : 223-224

* Axinotoma latipalpis Basilewsky, 1968

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 2) Bié.

Material examined. Chitembo (18 km SE) (13° 36´17.53´´ S, 16° 54´00.44´´ E, 1538 m alt., 302) (BIÉ), 30.X.2014, 1♂, LT, A. Serrano & R. Capela leg., ASC ; Chitembo (13° 22´40.78´´ S, 16° 41´58.07´´ E, 1666 m alt., 281) (BIÉ), 1.XI.2014, 1♀, LT, A. Serrano leg., ASC .

Remarks. A species known only to Central African R. and Uganda ( Basilewsky 1968, Facchini 2011a). Interestingly our male specimen fits very well the median lobe shape of aedeagus in lateral view of A. latipalpis Basilewsky, 1968 ( Basilewsky 1968, Fig. 3 , Facchini 2003, Fig. 18a) with the apex slightly bent up. However, in dorsal view the median lobe apex is similar to the drawing given in Facchini (2011a, Fig. 12b) for A. dilatipalpis Facchini, 2011 . Despite this asymmetry we ascribe our identification to the Basilewsky`s species by some morphological features (e.g. last labial palpomere only dilated, elytra striae crenulated, third interval with a discal setigerous puncture in the last third). However, our specimens do not present any small pubescence in apical margin, as was point out by Basilewsky (1968) for its species, and the labial palpi are clearly bicolored.

Unfortunately, Facchini (2011a) do not give in the affinities between both species any comment on the elytra apical pubescence. Probably in a near future the status of these two species will be reviewed. Adult specimens were collected by light trapping within open secondary forests together with some other ground beetles (e.g. see S. angolense and S. guineense remarks). It is a new genus/species record for Angola.

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FIGURE 3. Perigona liboloensis sp. n., female genitalia: stylomeres 1 and 2 (ventral view).