Chlaenius (Callistoides) pumilio Kolbe, 1889

Serrano, Artur R. M., Capela, Rúben A. & Santos, Carmen Van-Dúnem Neto, 2017, Biodiversity and notes on carabid beetles from Angola with description of new taxa (Coleoptera: Carabidae), Zootaxa 4353 (2), pp. 201-256 : 216

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4353.2.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6005714
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scientific name	Chlaenius (Callistoides) pumilio Kolbe, 1889
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* Chlaenius (Callistoides) pumilio Kolbe, 1889 View in CoL

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 2) Malanje.

Material examined. Kibundi (15 km N Nambua) (8° 56´15´´ S, 16° 03´52´´ E, 1164 m alt., 95) (MALANJE), 19.XI.2015, 1♂, DO, A. Serrano & R. Capela leg., ASC GoogleMaps ; Cambamba ( Catoio-Quela ) (9° 14´42´´ S, 17° 00´33´´ E, 1178 m alt., 115) (MALANJE), 20.XI.2015, 3♂, 3♀, DO, A. Serrano & R. Capela leg., ASC GoogleMaps .

Remarks. A species with a scattered known distribution in Africa (D.R. of the Congo and Sudan) ( Anichtchenko 2016, Insectoid.info 2017). Adults were found in the edges of small rain pounds together with adults of the tiger beetle C. agualusai , running quickly when disturbed. It is a new species record to Angola.