Hipparidium interruptum (Fabricius, 1775)

Serrano, Artur R. M., 2007, Notes on tiger beetles from Guinea-Bissau, with description of a new species of Cylindera Westwood (Insecta: Coleoptera, Cicindelidae) *, Zootaxa 1630, pp. 1-21 : 8

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.179386

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5620215

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scientific name

Hipparidium interruptum (Fabricius, 1775)
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Geographic distribution: Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Mali, Benin, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Nigeria, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Democratic Republic of Congo, People`s Republic of Congo and Angola.

Distribution in Guinea –Bissau: 20, 28, 30, 36, 37A, 44, 45.

Specimens sampled: Mampatá (Saltinho), 30.VI.2006, 13 ɗ, 10 Ψ, “DO”, ( AS); Guilege-Dolo, 11.VII.2006, 2 ɗ, 3 Ψ, “DO”, ( AS); Coli (Quebo), 12.VII.2006, 4 ɗ, 5 Ψ, “DO”, ( AS); Cufada, 17.VII.2006, 1 Ψ, “DO”, ( AS).

Remarks: A species known for the western territories of Africa. It occurs in the gallery forests of the rivers, appearing in some localities of Guinea-Bissau in great numbers (e.g. Saltinho, Coli). Adults are very cryptic with the ground and some of them fly to the surrounding vegetation when disturbed.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Carabidae

Genus

Hipparidium

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