Thyreopterus flavosignatus Dejean, 1831

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 : 241

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4353.2.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6006170
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scientific name	Thyreopterus flavosignatus Dejean, 1831
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Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 1) Lunda Norte; 2) Bié.

Material examined. Satchijamba (10 km E) (13° 43° 38.76´´ S, 17° 12° 17.74´´ E, 1601 m alt., 283) (BIÉ), 7.IV.2014, 1♂, 1♀, DO, A. Serrano & R. Capela leg., ASC GoogleMaps .

Remarks. A species widespread throughout western, central, southern and eastern Africa ( Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Cameroon, Central African Republic, D. R. of the Congo, Angola, Namibia, South Africa R., Kenya) ( Basilewsky 1955, Ferreira 1965, Serrano 2009, Insectoid.info 2017). Adult specimens were collected under the bark of decomposing trunks together with Zygentoma, Formicidae and Tenebrionidae adults and the ant nest beetle P. pseudoklugi within an open secondary forest. It is a new record for the Bié Province.