Coptodera (Coptoderina) congolensis Burgeon, 1937

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 : 240

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4353.2.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6006152
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scientific name	Coptodera (Coptoderina) congolensis Burgeon, 1937
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* Coptodera (Coptoderina) congolensis Burgeon, 1937

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 2) Kwanza Sul.

Material examined. Alto Ventura (Colé-Calulo) (09° 59´42´´ S, 14° 50´32´´ E, 1116 m alt., 128) (KWANZA SUL), 4.XII.2015, 1♂, 1♀, DO, A. Serrano & R. Capela leg., ASC. GoogleMaps

Remarks. A species widespread throughout western, central and eastern Africa ( Senegal, Togo, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, D. R. of the Congo, Rwanda, Uganda) ( Hansen 1968, Insectoid.info 2017). Adult specimens were found under tree bark together with P. liboloensis sp. n. and C. beauvoisi (see also C. intermedius remarks). It is a new species record for Angola.