Perigona (Perigona) pallida Laporte de Castelnau, 1835

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 : 389

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5419.3.3
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13891122
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scientific name	Perigona (Perigona) pallida Laporte de Castelnau, 1835
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* Perigona (Perigona) pallida Laporte de Castelnau, 1835 View in CoL

Distribution: BEM, GAM, GBI, GUI, NIG, RCI, SEN, STM.

Distribution in Guinea-Bissau (Administrative Regions): 2) TOB.

Historic records: none.

Material examined: Jemberem (Mato Lautchandé) (11º 15´29.14´´ N, 15º 04´47.81´´ W, 22 m alt.) ( TOB), 9.VII.2009, 2 females, DO, A. Serrano leg., ASC.

Remarks. The species is widespread throughout West Africa, including the S. Tomé Island ( Basilewsky 1989; Lorenz 2021; Nève et al. 2022). The female adult specimens match the description of the species. The adult specimens were captured under bark within a semi-humid pristine forest ( Table 1 View TABLE 1 ). It is a new genus/species record for Guinea-Bissau.