Graphipterus limbatus Laporte de Castelnau, 1840

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 limbatus Laporte de Castelnau, 1840

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

Material examined. Chitembo (6 km SE) (13° 33´23´´ S, 16° 47´22´´ E, 1586 m alt., 302) (BIÉ), 9. XI.2015, 2 ♂, DO, A. Serrano & R. Capela leg., ASC ; Munquengue (14° 42´01´´ S, 17° 24´14´´ E, 1440 m alt., 343) (CUANDO CUBANGO), 14. XI.2015, 1 ♂, DO, A. Serrano & R. Capela leg., ASC .

Remarks. A species widespread throughout southern Africa ( Namibia, South Africa, Bostwana, Zambia, Zimbabwe) ( Basilewsky 1977, 1986b). Putzeys (1880) recorded already the species for Angola (Humbe, Cunene Province), but Basilewsky (1977) considered erroneous this report. However, our specimens fit very well the species description, confirming the species presence in Angola. Moreover, their presence in the southeastern territory of Angola is very plausible, according to the known distribution in the northern territory of Namibia close to the Cunene River. Adult specimens were found on whitish sandy soil near Chitembo within an open secondary forest together with some tiger and ground beetles ( T. nzingae , O. rufomarginata poggei , L. uncivittata , G. erikssoni ) and near Munquengue within shrub savannah together with some tiger beetles ( Dromica pentheri W. Horn, 1899 and Ophryodera rufomarginata bradshawi Péringuey, 1888 ). It is a new record for the Bié and Cuando Cubango Provinces.