Abacetus (Abacetillus) optimus Péringuey, 1904

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 : 211

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4353.2.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6005569
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scientific name	Abacetus (Abacetillus) optimus Péringuey, 1904
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Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 1) Moxico; 2) Kwanza Sul.

Material examined. Alto Ventura (Faz. Monte Café) (Calulo) (9° 59´15´´ S, 14° 50´12´´ E, 1086 m alt., 128) (KWANZA SUL), 30. XI.2015, 1 ♂, 2♀, 5. XII.2015, 1 ♀, DO, A. Serrano & R. Capela leg., ASC GoogleMaps ; Mussende (Calulo) (9° 57´00´´ S, 14° 47´36´´ E, 905 m alt., 128) (KWANZA SUL), 28.XI‒5. XII.2015, 3 ♀, PF, A. Serrano & R. Capela leg., ASC GoogleMaps ; Calulo-Cabuta (9° 53´59´´ S, 14° 54´26´´ E, 831 m alt., 128) (KWANZA SUL), 29.XI‒ 6. XII.2015, 8 ♂, 9♀, PF, A. Serrano & R. Capela leg., ASC GoogleMaps .

Remarks. A species widespread throughout Angola, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and South Africa ( Straneo 1958, 1959, 1991). Adults were found in activity within the litter of secondary rainforests together with adults of some tiger and ground beetles [e.g. Dromica (Foveodromica) sp., A. distinctus , Disphericus tarsalis , C. magnicollis discrepans , G. procera capelai ssp. n.] and collected also by pitfall trapping in the same habitats. It is a new record for the Kwanza Sul Province.