Pentagonica elegans Péringuey, 1896

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 : 382

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5419.3.3

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13891116

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B187B5-FFCD-3D66-6BB3-F9ADFC0DF866

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scientific name

Pentagonica elegans Péringuey, 1896
status

 

Pentagonica elegans Péringuey, 1896 View in CoL

Distribution: ANG, CON, DOC, GBI, KEN, MOZ, RCI, RSA, UGA, ZIM.

Distribution in Guinea-Bissau (Administrative Regions): 1) TOB; 2) BIB.

Historic records:

Coli (Quebo) ( TOB) ( Serrano 2009a).

Material examined: Jemberem (Mato Lautchandé) (11º 15´29.14´´ N, 15º 04´47.81´´ W, 22 m alt.) ( TOB), 9.VII.2009, 1 female, LT, A. Serrano leg., ASC; Quinhamel (11º 52´41.82´´ N, 15º 51´56.01´´ W, 14 m alt.) ( BIB), 22.VII.2009, 1 male, LT, A. Serrano leg., ASC.

Remarks. The species have a very scattered and widespread distribution throughout Africa south of Sahara ( Serrano 2009a; Lorenz 2021). It was first reported for Guinea-Bissau by Serrano (2009a). The adult specimens were captured by LT within semi-humid forest (Jemberem) and secondary open forest (Quinhamel) ( Table 1 View TABLE 1 ). It is a new species record for the BIB Administrative Region, Guinea-Bissau.

ANG

Muséum des sciences naturelles d'Angers

CON

Bristol, Clifton and West of England Zoological Society's Gardens

KEN

Longwood Gardens

ZIM

ZIM Culture Collection of Industrial Microorganisms

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Carabidae

SubFamily

Lebiinae

Tribe

Odacanthini

SubTribe

Pentagonicina

Genus

Pentagonica

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