Graphipterus andersoni Chaudoir, 1870

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 : 236

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4353.2.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6006074
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scientific name	Graphipterus andersoni Chaudoir, 1870
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Graphipterus andersoni Chaudoir, 1870 View in CoL

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 1) Huíla, Cunene; 2) Bié.

Material examined. Mumbué (Cuanza riverhead) (13° 49´41´´ S, 17° 19´26´´ E, 1511 m alt., 303) (BIÉ), 3. IV.2014, 1 ♀, 12. XI.2015, 4 ♀, DO, A. Serrano & R. Capela leg., ASC GoogleMaps ; Catota (2,5 km S) (14° 00´37´´ S, 17° 24´00´´ E, 1532 m alt., 323) (BIÉ), 8. XI.2015, 1 ♂, 1♀, DO, A. Serrano & R. Capela leg., ASC GoogleMaps .

Remarks. Basilewsky (1977) refered to this species as a synonymous of G. amabilis Boheman, 1860 . Lorenz (2005) restablished G. andersoni as a good species and considers the subspecies ovipennis Péringuey, 1892 as well as subovipennis Basilewsky, 1977 as synonymous, both with the status of subspecies of G. amabilis in Basilewsky (1977) . Here we follow Lorenz (2005) criterium. The species is known from Angola, Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe ( Basilewsky 1977, Insectoid.info 2017). Adults were found on sandy whitish soil or on reddish soil together with some adults of tiger and ground beetles (see S. lucidus strigiceps remarks). It is a new record for the Bié Province.