Termophilum massilicatum Guérin-Méneville, 1845
publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4353.2.1 |
publication LSID |
lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D2902BF9-0213-40F3-91A4-EC4D4FDB3B27 |
DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6006293 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EFF252-F335-7F52-14BF-A116FBA6FA92 |
treatment provided by |
Plazi |
scientific name |
Termophilum massilicatum Guérin-Méneville, 1845 |
status |
|
Termophilum massilicatum Guérin-Méneville, 1845 View in CoL
Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 1) Unknown; 2) BIÉ.
Material examined. Satchijamba-Somakwanza (13° 44´46.50´´ S, 17° 11´2.26´´ E, 1611 m alt., 303) (BIÉ), 31.X.2014, 1♂, 1♀, 2.XI.2014, 1♀, 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) (BI), 2.XI.2014, 1♂, DO, A. Serrano & R. Capela leg., ASC GoogleMaps .
Remarks. A species spread throughout southern, central and part of eastern Africa ( Angola, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Bostwana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique) ( Ferreira 1965, Kleinfeld & Puchner 2012). The species was recorded for Angola without any reference to a known locality ( Ferreira 1965). Adult specimens were found in nocturnal activity (first locality) and diurnal activity (second locality) within open secondary forests together with other ground beetles (first locality: see S. tenebricosus fatalis remarks) and the tiger beetles P. angusticollis , D. fredericoi , D. pentheri , Dromica serietuberculata W. Horn, 1929 , T. pepetela , L. uncivittata and C. agualusai (second locality) (see also Serrano et al. 2015). It is a new record for the Bi Province.
ASC |
Northern Arizona University |
No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.
Kingdom |
|
Phylum |
|
Class |
|
Order |
|
Family |
|
Genus |