Myriochila

Serrano, Artur R. M., Capela, Rúben A. & Oesterle, Andreas, 2015, Three new species of tiger beetles and new data on Cicindelina species from Angola (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Cicindelinae), Zootaxa 4032 (2), pp. 151-178 : 176

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4032.2.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:26E6B554-D7F1-4125-AC40-E40D838354B9

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5658946

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/DE03F47E-9E5E-0413-FF19-FD8CFE0FFA44

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Plazi

scientific name

Myriochila
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Myriochila View in CoL (s. str.) melancholica (Fabricius, 1798)

Distribution in Angola (provinces): 1) Cabinda , Luanda, Benguela, Lunda Norte, Malanje, Kwanza Sul, Huíla, Cunene; 2) Bié.

Material examined: Camama, Lagoa ( Luanda) (coord.: 8º 56´34.61´´ S, 13º 16´30.72´´ E, 81 m alt., 89) ( LUANDA), 17.X.2013, 2♂, 1♀, DO, R. Capela leg., ASC; Palmeirinhas (coord.: 9º 11´26.46´´ S, 13º 3´43.79´´ E, 8 m alt., 89) ( LUANDA), 18.III.2014, 1♂, 2♀,, 28.IV.2014, 1♂, DO, A. Serrano leg., ASC; Mumbué (coord.: 13º 51´51.96´´ S, 17º 18´29.41´´ E, 1504 m alt., 303) ( BIÉ), 3.IV.2014, 1♂, 9.IV.2014, 1♀, DO, A. Serrano leg., ASC; Barra do Rio Kwanza (coord.: 9º 19´11.61´´ S, 13º 09´57.06´´ E, 9 m alt., 107) ( LUANDA), 18.IV.2014, 1♂, 2♀, DO, A. Serrano leg., ASC; Cambambe (coord.: 9º 45´27.15´´ S, 14º 30´38.15´´ E, 111 m alt., 109) (KWANZA SUL), 6.XI.2014, 1♀, DO, A. Serrano leg., ASC.

Remarks. A common species widespread throughout southern Europe, Middle East, Asia, and Africa and neighbouring islands ( Serrano 2007, 2012). Adults are frequently attracted to night lights and are active during dry and rainy seasons. As happens normally they were active on the muddy edges of bogs (Barra Rio Kwanza), ponds (Palmeirinhas) and rivulets and rivers (Mumbué and Cambambe). Despite is wide distribution in Angola it is a new record for the Bié province.

BIÉ

Instituto di Entomologia

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Carabidae

SubFamily

Cicindelinae

SubTribe

Cicindelina

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