Elliptica muata

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 : 165

Elliptica muata f. parallelestriata (W. Horn, 1923)

Distribution in Angola (provinces): 1) Malanje; 2) Bié.

Material examined: Kakande (coord.: 12º 42´50.73´´ S, 16º 45´33.19´´ E, 1716 m alt., 233) ( BIÉ), 30.X.2014, 1♂, DO, A. Serrano leg., ASC; Satchijamba (coord.: 13º 44´46.50´´ S, 17º 11´2.26´´ E, 1611 m alt., 283) ( BIÉ), 31.XI.2014, 1♂, LT, A. Serrano leg., ASC.

Remarks. A tiger beetle subspecies common in the southern territory of D. R. of the Congo ( Werner 2000b). The genus Elliptica is represented by three species in Angola. The form parallelestriata was firstly recorded for Angola by Serrano & Capela (2013). Neverthless this form seems to have not taxonomic validity, as the typical morph occurs in sympatrie with it in some places (P. Schüle pers. comm.). These new findings confirm its presence in Angola. It is also a new record for the Bié province. The adult in Kakande was in activity in a countryside road within an open secondary forest with withish sandy soil and in syntopy with some other tiger beetle species (see P. angusticollis ecological remarks for this locality). In Satchijamba the adult was attracted to the light trapping within an open secondary forest.