Smeringocera lineola Dejean, 1831

Serrano, Artur R. M., 2024, Ground beetles of the subfamily Lebiinae (Carabidae) of Guinea-Bissau: description of three new species and faunistic notes, Zootaxa 5419 (3), pp. 361-393 : 381

Smeringocera lineola Dejean, 1831

Distribution: MAU, GBI, SEN.

Distribution in Guinea-Bissau (Administrative Regions): 1) BAF, GAB, OIO, QUN, TOB; 2) BIB, CAC.

Historic records:

“ Guinée portugaise ” (without precise locality) ( LaFerté-Sénectère 1849 sub Casnonia lineola Dejean );

Sonaco ( GAB), Canjandude ( GAB), Mampatá (Saltinho) ( BAF), Bissorã (OIO), Cufada ( QUN), Mukumbo– Chamarra ( TOB), Mampatá–Guilege (River Balana) ( TOB), Coli (Quebo) ( TOB) ( Serrano 2009a).

Material examined: Chinchá-Sambel (Saltinho) (11° 37’ 16.85” N, 14° 41’ 11.14” W, 41 m alt.) ( BAF), 30. VI.2006, 2 females, DO, A. Serrano leg., ASC; Cacheu ( IBAP) (12º 15´29.59´´ N, 16º 09´24.45´´ W, 25 m alt.) ( CAC), 25. VI.2009, 1 female, DO, A. Serrano leg., ASC; Banhinda (P.N. T. Cacheu) (12º 12´16.67´´ N, 16º 02´56.45´´ W, 25 m alt.) ( CAC), 25. VI.2009, 2 males, 27. VI.2009, 1 female, DO, A. Serrano leg., ASC; Bali (Canjandude) ( GAB), 1.VII.2009, 2 males, 4 females, DO, A. Serrano leg., ASC; Vendu Xama ( GAB), 2.VII.2009, 2 males, DO, A. Serrano leg., ASC; Béli (2 km W) ( GAB), 5.VII.2009, 1 female, DO, A. Serrano leg., ASC; Jemberem ( IBAP) (11º 14´08.32´´ N, 15º 02´18.25´´ W, 29 m alt.) ( TOB), 9.VII.2009, 1 male, LT, A. Serrano leg., ASC; Quinhamel (11º 52´41.82´´ N, 15º 51´56.01´´ W, 14 m alt.) ( BIB), 22.VII.2009, 1 female, DO, A. Serrano leg., ASC.

Remarks. The species is only known from three West African countries ( Lorenz 2021). The first record of this species from Guinea-Bissau by LaFerté-Sénectère (1849) was under the name of Casnonia lineola Dejean, 1831 and later reported for several localities of Guinea-Bissau by Serrano (2009a). However, some adult specimens recorded for this country under S. lineola in Serrano (2009a) were misidentified, belonging to S. nigeriana nigeriana Liebke, 1938 . This species seems common in this country and adults are active during the wet season, occurring at the edges of bogs within open savannah patches, open secondary forests, or even semi-humid forests. See also the syntopic species/subspecies for the 2009 reported sites ( Table 1 ). It is a new species record for BIB and CAC Administrative Regions, Guinea-Bissau.