Atractonotus puncticollis Schüle & Heinz, 2013

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 : 248-249

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4353.2.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D2902BF9-0213-40F3-91A4-EC4D4FDB3B27
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6006249
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EFF252-F32B-7F53-14BF-A55EFAB5FEDA
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Atractonotus puncticollis Schüle & Heinz, 2013
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* Atractonotus puncticollis Schüle & Heinz, 2013 View in CoL

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 2) Bié.

Material examined. Catota (2,5 km S) (14° 00´37´´ S, 17° 24´00´´ E, 1532 m alt., 323) (BIÉ), 8‒17.XI.2015, 1♀, PF, A. Serrano & R. Capela leg., ASC GoogleMaps .

Remarks. A species described and known only from Zambia ( Schüle & Heins 2013). The single female specimen was checked with one female paratype of this species. There is another species within this genus reported to Angola ( A. mulsanti mulsanti Perroud, 1847 ) which presents a larger distribution throughout central, southern and eastern Africa) ( Háva & Hovorka 2007, Kleinfeld & Puchner 2012). The adult was collected through pitfall trapping within an open secondary forest and is syntopic with some tiger and ground beetles (see S. lucidus strigiceps remarks). It is a new species record for Angola, enlarging its distribution to southwestern Africa.