Lobodontus trimaculatus Chaudoir, 1848

Serrano, Artur R. M., 2024, Ground beetles of the subfamily Lebiinae (Carabidae) of Guinea-Bissau: description of three new species and faunistic notes, Zootaxa 5419 (3), pp. 361-393 : 377

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5419.3.3
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13891090
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scientific name	Lobodontus trimaculatus Chaudoir, 1848
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Lobodontus trimaculatus Chaudoir, 1848 View in CoL

Distribution: DOC, GBI, GUI, MOZ, RSA, SLN, ZIM.

Distribution in Guinea-Bissau (Administrative Regions): 1) OIO; 2) QUN.

Historic records:

Bissorã (OIO) ( Serrano 2009a).

Material examined: Indjassen (P.N. Lagoas da Cufada) (11º 41´35.62´´ N, 15º 00´03.62´´ W, 23 m alt.) ( QUN), 16.VII.2009, 1 male, LT, A. Serrano leg., ASC.

Remarks: The species has a scattered distribution throughout western, central, and southern Africa ( Serrano 2009a; Lorenz 2021). The adult specimens of Coli (Quebo) identified as L. trimaculatus , after a new careful analysis, was revealed to belong to a new species of the genus Dontolobus Basilewsky, 1970 (see D. bivari n. sp.). The adult specimen was captured by LT within a semi-humid forest at the beginning of the wet season ( Table 1 View TABLE 1 ). It is a new species record for QUN Administrative Region, Guinea-Bissau.