Chlaenius (Tomochilus) cupreocinctus Reiche, 1847

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.6005682
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EFF252-F30A-7F6D-14BF-A115FBA9FB21
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Chlaenius (Tomochilus) cupreocinctus Reiche, 1847
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Chlaenius (Tomochilus) cupreocinctus Reiche, 1847 View in CoL

Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 1) Huambo, Lunda Norte.

Material examined. Alto Hama (12° 13´20´´ S, 15° 32´57´´ E, 1512 m alt., 232) (HUAMBO), 31.X.2015, 1♀, DO, A. Serrano & R. Capela leg., ASC GoogleMaps ; Caála (12° 51´11´´ S, 15° 33´07´´ E, 1758 m alt., 256) (HUAMBO), 3.XI.2015, 1♂, 1♀, 4.XI.2015, 1♂, DO, A. Serrano & R. Capela leg., ASC GoogleMaps .

Remarks. A species with a scattered distribution in Africa: Angola, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia and Eritrea ( Ferreira 1965, Anichtchenko 2016, Insectoid.info 2017). Adults were found on ground during night near public lights together with other ground beetles (e.g. see C. rikatlensis and P. incrassatus remarks).