Chlaenius (Chlaenius) obtusus tazieffi Basilewsky, 1949

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 : 215

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4353.2.1
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:D2902BF9-0213-40F3-91A4-EC4D4FDB3B27
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6005696
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scientific name	Chlaenius (Chlaenius) obtusus tazieffi Basilewsky, 1949
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* Chlaenius (Chlaenius) obtusus tazieffi Basilewsky, 1949 View in CoL

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 2) Huambo, Bié.

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 GoogleMaps ; Cachingues (13° 04´54´´ S, 16° 46´08´´ E, 1647 m alt., 282) (BIÉ), 11. XI.2015, 1 ♀, DO, A. Serrano & R. Capela leg., ASC GoogleMaps .

Remarks. A subspecies known exclusively from D. R. of the Congo (Basilewsky 1949, Insectoid.info 2017). Our specimens fit very well the Basilewsky`description. Adults were found on ground during night near public lights (first locality) (see also C. rikatlensis remarks) and beneath litter on sandy whitish soil within an open secondary forest (second locality). It is a new species/subspecies record for Angola.