Cratohaerea bruneti (Gory, 1833)

Serrano, Artur R. M., 2007, Notes on tiger beetles from Guinea-Bissau, with description of a new species of Cylindera Westwood (Insecta: Coleoptera, Cicindelidae) *, Zootaxa 1630, pp. 1-21 : 16

Cratohaerea bruneti (Gory, 1833)

Geographic distribution: Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ivory Coast and Sierra Leone.

Distribution in Guinea –Bissau: 7, 16, 17, 25B, 28, 34, 36, 39A, 40, 43, 44, 46.

Specimens sampled: Enxolé, 27.VI.2006, 1 ɗ, “DO”, ( AS); Mampatá-Cumbijã, 29.VI.2006, 1 ɗ, 10 Ψ, 10.VII.2006, 2 Ψ, “DO”, ( AS); Coli (Quebo), 1.VII.2006, 1 ɗ, 1 Ψ, 2.VII.2006, 1 ɗ, 1 Ψ, 4.VII.2006, 1 ɗ, “DO”, ( AS); Chemanara-Mampatá, 3.VII.2006, 4 Ψ, “DO”, ( AS); Buba, 5.VII.2006, 1 ɗ, 1 Ψ, “DO”, ( AS); Guilege, 7.VII.2006, 3 ɗ, 2 Ψ, 11.VII.2006, 1 ɗ, 2 Ψ, “DO”, ( AS); Cufada, 17.VII.2006, 1 Ψ, “DO”, ( AS).

Remarks: A very beautiful species ( Fig. 6 ) with a more restricted distribution in western Africa. The adults of C. bruneti in Guinea-Bissau are active during the rainy season near or over the termite nests of Bellicositermes sp. ( Isoptera ). Some ecological remarks on this species were given by Serrano (1997).

Figures

FIGURE 6. A couple of Cratohaerea bruneti individuals on a termite nest at Guilege (Guinea-Bissau).