Parena africana (Alluaud, 1917)

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 : 370

* Parena africana (Alluaud, 1917)

Distribution: CAM, DOC (?), GAB, GBI, KEN (?), NRE, RCA, RCI (?), SEN, TAN, UGA, ZAM.

Distribution in Guinea-Bissau (Administrative Regions): 1) BAF, TOB; 2) CAC.

Historic records:

Bafatá ( BAF), Contuboel ( BAF), Quebo (Coli) ( TOB) ( Serrano 2009a sub Parena ferruginea Chaudoir, 1878 ).

Material examined: Bafatá,?- VII-1954, 1 ex., ( MRAC); Contuboel (12º 22´02.53´´ N, 14º 33´30.81´´ W, 20 m alt.) ( BAF), 29-VI-1992, 1 male, LT, A. Serrano leg., ASC; Coli (Quebo) (11º 37´01.53´´ N, 14º 46´12.23´´ W, 45m alt.) ( TOB), 6-VII-2006, 1 female, LT, A. Serrano leg., ASC; Banhinda (P.N. T. Cacheu) (12º 12´16.67´´ N, 16º 02´56.45´´ W, 25 m alt.) ( CAC), 26. VI.2009, 1 male, LT, A. Serrano leg., ASC; Indjassen (P.N.L. Cufada) (11º 41´35.62´´ N, 15º 00´03.62´´ W, 23 m alt.) ( QUN), 16.VII.2009, 4 males, 3 females, LT, A. Serrano leg., ASC; Nhala-Incasolé (P.N.L. Cufada) ( QUN), 17.VII.2009, 1 female, LT, A. Serrano leg., ASC;

Remarks. The species has a scattered known distribution throughout western, central and eastern Africa ( Lorenz 2021, Shi & Liang 2023). The species has been misidentified as P. ferruginea (Chaudoir, 1878) in previous works (e.g., Basilewsky 1955; Serrano 2009a). Recently, Shi & Liang (2023) clarified the external morphologic characters of the Parena (Parena) plagiata group ( P. ferruginea , P. plagiata Motschulsky, 1864 and P. africana ), allowing the segregation of these species. The adult specimens recorded in Serrano (2009a) as P. ferruginea and the recent specimens match very well with P. africana , including the aedeagus. Taking this into account, C. ferruginea must be excluded from the known entomofauna of Guinea-Bissau. The adult specimens were sampled by LT within open secondary forests (Contuboel, Coli, Banhinda) or semi-humid forests (P.N.L. Cufada) at the beginning of the wet season. See also the syntopic species/subspecies for the 2009 field localities ( Table 1 ). It is a new species record for the CAC Administrative Region, Guinea-Bissau.