Parophonus (Hyparpalus) tomentosus (Dejean, 1829)

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 : 220

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4353.2.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6005870
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scientific name	Parophonus (Hyparpalus) tomentosus (Dejean, 1829)
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Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 1) Cunene; 2) Benguela.

Material examined. Lobito (12° 21´S, 13° 33´E, 10 m alt., 227/8) (BENGUELA), 3.IV.1998, 1♀, PF, A. Neves leg., ASC. GoogleMaps

Remarks. A very common species widespread throughout all Africa south of Sahara ( Serrano 1999c, Anichtchenko 2016, Insectoid.info 2017). It was firstly recorded to Angola under two names ( Putzeys 1880): Hypolithus tomentosus Dejean, 1829 and Hypolithus prolixus Putzeys, 1880 . Later Basilewsky (1960) confirmed the synonymy of the latter species with the former one. The single female adult was collected by pitfall trapping within an open bush habitat with sparse grassy vegetation on sandy-clayey yellow-reddish soil in the outskirts of Lobito together with some other ground beetles (see B. apicalis remarks). It is a new record for the Benguela Province.