Cylindera (Ifasina) lutaria ( Guérin-Méneville, 1849 ), Guerin-Meneville, 1849

Serrano, Artur R. M., 2007, Notes on tiger beetles from Guinea-Bissau, with description of a new species of Cylindera Westwood (Insecta: Coleoptera, Cicindelidae) *, Zootaxa 1630, pp. 1-21 : 9

Cylindera (Ifasina) lutaria ( Guérin-Méneville, 1849)

Geographic distribution: Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Central African Republic, People`s Republic of Congo, Angola, Sudan and Uganda.

Distribution in Guinea –Bissau: 5, 11B, 17, 18, 24, 27, 28, 34, 36, 37B, 42, 44.

Specimens sampled: Coli (Quebo), 27.VI.2006, 2 ɗ, 3Ψ, 1.VII.2006, 2 ɗ, 3 Ψ, “DO”, ( AS); Chinchá- Sambel (Saltinho), 30.VI.2006, 6 ɗ, 6 Ψ, “DO”, ( AS); Mampatá-Guilege (River Balana), 3.VII.2006, 1 ɗ, “DO”, ( AS);

Remarks: A species with a scattered distribution throughout western and central Africa. It is a common species in Guinea-Bissau, the country from where it was described by Guérin-Méneville (1849). Adults are active at the edges of small ponds, sometimes together with Cylindera octoguttata (Fabricius) , Myriochila flavidens (Guérin-Méneville) and Myriochila melancholica (Fabricius) . In rare occasions individuals can be attracted to light ( Serrano 1997).