Graphipterus alternatus Burgeon, 1928

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 : 238

Graphipterus alternatus Burgeon, 1928

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 1) Huambo, Huíla, Cuando Cubango; 2) Bié.

Material examined. Cachingues-Chipica (13° 10´15.74´´ S, 16° 45´48.17´´ E, 1649 m alt., 281) (BIÉ), 1. XI.2014, 6 ♂, 4♀, DO, A. Serrano & R. Capela leg., ASC ; Cachingues (2 km E) (13° 04´54´´ S, 16° 46´08´´ E, 1647 m alt., 282) (BIÉ), 11. XI.2015, 1 ♂, DO, A. Serrano & R. Capela leg., ASC ; Cuima-Cusse (13km) (13° 20´45´´ S, 15° 34´22´´ E, 1633 m alt., 280) (HUAMBO), 5. XI.2015, 1 ♀, DO, A. Serrano & R. Capela leg., ASC .

Remarks. An endemic species of Angola ( Basilewsky 1977). In Bié Province the adult specimens were found within secondary meadows on sandy whitish soil together with some tiger and ground beetles [Cachingues- Chipica: P. angusticollis , Dromica similis Cassola, 1980 , T. nubifera , L. infuscatula ; Cachingues: P. angusticollis , D. similis , D. ( Foveodromica ) sp., L. infuscatula , L. saraliensis , Lophyra sumlini Cassola, 1976 , Trianogenius ferox ( Erichson, 1843) , A. convexipennis ]. In the Huambo locality the adult specimen was collected together with L. saraliensis and G. albomarginatus . It is a new record for the Bié Province.