Scarites (Orientolobus) lucidus strigiceps Quendenfeldt, 1883

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 1) Lunda Norte, Malanje; 2) Huambo, Bié.

Material examined. Bembua-Camenhe (12° 16´53´´ S, 15° 27´01´´ E, 1686 m alt., 231) (HUAMBO), 1. XI.2015, 3 ♂, 1♀, DO, A. Serrano & R. Capela leg., ASC ; Chitembo (6 km SE) (13° 33´23´´ S, 16° 47´22´´ E, 1586 m alt., 302) (BIÉ), 9. XI.2015, 1 ♂, DO, A. Serrano & R. Capela leg., ASC ; Chingueia-Mandongue (13° 35´46´´ S, 16° 58´59´´ E, 1648 m alt., 302) (BIÉ), 9. XI.2015, 2 ♂, 1♀, DO, A. Serrano & R. Capela leg., ASC ; Mumbué (Cuanza riverhead) (13° 49´41´´ S, 17° 19´26´´ E, 1511 m alt., 303) (BIÉ), 8‒17. XI.2015, 1 ♂, 1♀, PF, A. Serrano & R. Capela leg., ASC ; Catota (2,5 km S) (14° 00´37´´ S, 17° 24´00´´ E, 1532 m alt., 323) (BIÉ), 8‒ 17. XI.2015, 1 ♂, PF, 12. XI.2015, 1 ♂, DO, A. Serrano & R. Capela leg., ASC .

Remarks. A species spread throughout Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zimbabwe, Angola, Tanzania and Mozambique (Basilewsky, 1955). Adults were found within secondary open forest on reddish soil together with some adults of tiger and ground beetles [Bembua-Camenhe: Prothyma (s. str.) erythropyga erythropyga (Putzeys, 1880), Dromica (Foveodromica) spp., Prothymidia angusticollis angusticollis (Boheman, 1848), Cylindera agualusai Serrano & Capela, 2015, Graphipterus albomarginatus Quedenfeldt, 1883] or on sandy whitish soil [Chitembo: Trichotaenia nzingae Oesterle, Serrano & Capela, 2015, Lophyra (Stenolophyra) uncivittata (Quedenfeldt, 1883); Chingueia-Mandongue: Dromica fredericoi Serrano & Capela, 2015, T. nzingae, Elliptica muata f. parallelestriata (W. Horn, 1923), Graphipterus congoensis lundanus Basilewsky, 1977 and Cypholoba rohani (Bénard, 1921); Mumbué: Dromica pentheri W. Horn, E. muata f. parallelestriata, Graphipterus andersoni Chaudoir, 1870, Anthia (Odontanthia) convexipennis Putzeys, 1880; Catota: D. fredericoi, Trichotaenia pepetela Serrano & Capela, 2015, Chlaenius (Pachydinodes) bipustulatus Boheman, 1848, Abacetus pseudoangolensis, Siopelus (Neosiopelus) wrasei Facchini, 2012, Graphipterus andersoni and Atractonotus puncticollis Schle & Heinz, 2013]. It is a new record for the Huambo and Bié Provinces.