Siopelus (Laparhetes) gracilis ( Harold, 1879 )

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 : 221

Siopelus (Laparhetes) gracilis ( Harold, 1879)

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 1) Lunda Norte, Kwanza Sul, Malanje, Moxico; 2) Huambo. Material examined. Caála (12° 51´11´´ S, 15° 33´07´´ E, 1758 m alt., 256) (HUAMBO), 4.XI.2015, 1♀, DO, A. Serrano & R. Capela leg., ASC.

Remarks. A species originally described from Angola ( Harold 1879), but with a wide distribution throughout Africa ( Guinea, Central African Republic, Congo, D. R. of the Congo, Angola, Zimbabwe, Burundi, Malawi, Mozambique, Sudan, Tanzania) ( Ferreira 1965, Anichtchenko 2016, Insectoid.info 2017). The adult was collected on a wall near public lights with other ground beetles (see P. elegans remarks). It is a new record for the Huambo Province.