Somoplatus fulvus Mulsant & Godart, 1867

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

Material examined. Satchijamba (10 km E) (13° 43´38.76´´ S, 17° 12´17.74´´ E, 1601 m alt., 283) (BIÉ), 7.IV.2014, 1♀, VM, A. Serrano & R. Capela leg., ASC .

Remarks. A species widespread throughout western, central, southern and eastern Africa (Senegal, Gambia, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cameroon, D. R. of the Congo, Angola, South Africa R., Malawi, Kenya) (Basilewsky 1986a, Schüle 2009, Insectoid.info 2017). It was imported to France also (Basilewsky 1986a). The only record for Angola was reported by Basilewsky (1986a) apparently to Lunda Norte province, but without any exact locality. The species seems associated with vacated termite nests of Macrotermes sp. ( Isoptera) (Basilewsky 1986a). The single adult female was collected by light trapping within an open secondary forest with other ground beetles (see S. harpaloides remarks). It is a new reord for the Bié Province.