Ophryodera smrzi Werner, 2005

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

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4032.2.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5658905
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scientific name	Ophryodera smrzi Werner, 2005
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Ophryodera smrzi Werner, 2005 View in CoL

Distribution in Angola (provinces): 2) Bié.

Material examined: Kakande (coord.: 12º 42´50.73´´ S, 16º 45´33.19´´ E, 1716 m alt., 233) ( BIÉ), 30.X.2014, 6♂, 3♀, 4.XI.2014, 5♂, 3♀, DO, A. Serrano & R. Capela leg., ASC.

Remarks. The species was discovered in Zambia ( Werner 2005) and now in Angola extending westernly its known distribution. The adults (Fig. 8c) were found in hunting activity in a countryside road with whitish sandy soil within an open secondary forest, flying into the forest when disturbed. Further tiger beetle species occur in syntopy (e.g. O. rufomarginata poggei , L. sumlini ) or very close along this countryside road (see P. angusticollis ecological remarks for Kakande).