Lophyra (Stenolophyra) saraliensis saraliensis (Guérin-Méneville, 1849), Guerin-Meneville, 1849

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 : 167-168

Lophyra (Stenolophyra) saraliensis saraliensis (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)

Distribution in Angola (provinces): 1) Malanje, Benguela, Huambo, Huíla; 2) Bié.

Material examined: Cachingues‒Chipica (coord.: 13º 10´15.74´´ S, 16º 45´48.17´´ E, 1649 m alt., 281) ( BIÉ), 1.XI.2014, 1♀, DO, A. Serrano leg., ASC; Kakande (coord.: 12º 42´50.73´´ S, 16º 45´33.19´´ E, 1716 m alt., 233) ( BIÉ), 4.XI.2014, 2♂, DO, A. Serrano leg., ASC.

Remarks. A polymorphic tiger beetle species widespread throughout the western, central and eastern countries of Africa ( Werner 2000b). Wellman & Horn (1908) referred that “in Angola it was found on dark soil, but Peter Schüle (pers. comm.) found the adults during daytime in meadows, arable fields and open secondary forests. Our adult specimens were found in countryside roads within savanah (Cachingues‒Chipica) or open secondary forest (Kakande) with withish sandy soil beneath the marginal vegetation, running rapidly when disturbed. Lophyra saraliensis is syntopic with further tiger beetle species in the two localities (see P. angusticollis ecological remarks). It is a new record for the Bié province.

FIGURE 8. a) Adult of Prothymidia angusticollis, Catota , Bié; b) habitat of P. angusticollis, Cachingues-Chipica , Bié; c) adult of Ophryodera smirzi, Kakande , Bié; d) adult of Lophyra obliquogracilinea, Mumbué , Bié; e) habitat of Lophyra obliquogracilinea, Mumbué , Bié; f) adults of Lophyra obtusidentata in copula, Golf Coarse, Morro dos Veados, Luanda; g) habitat of Lophyra obtusidentata, Golf Coarse, Morro dos Veados, Luanda; h) opening of larvae tunnels of L2 and L3 instars of Lophyra obtusidentata, Golf Coarse, Morro dos Veados, Luanda.