Siopelus (Pseudosiopelus) natalicus Péringuey, 1896

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 : 222-223

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4353.2.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6005939
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scientific name	Siopelus (Pseudosiopelus) natalicus Péringuey, 1896
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Siopelus (Pseudosiopelus) natalicus Péringuey, 1896 View in CoL

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

Material examined. Satchijamba-Somakwanza (13° 43´38.76´´ S, 17° 12´17.74´´ E, 1601 m alt., 303) (BIÉ), 7.IV.2014, 2♀, LT, A. Serrano & R. Capela leg., ASC GoogleMaps ; Chitembo (18 km SE) (13° 36´17.53´´ S, 16° 54´00.44´´ E, 1538 m alt., 302) (BIÉ), 30.X.2014, 1♂, 2♀, LT, A. Serrano & R. Capela leg., ASC GoogleMaps ; Caála (12° 51´11´´ S, 15° 33´07´´ E, 1758 m alt., 256) (HUAMBO), 4.XI.2015, 1♂, 1♀, DO, A. Serrano & R. Capela leg., ASC GoogleMaps .

Remarks. A species with a scattered distribution throughout eastern, central and southern Africa ( Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, D. R. of the Congo, Angola, Zimbabwe, South Africa) ( Basilewsky 1950a, Ferreira 1965, Insectoid.info 2017). Adults were sampled by light trapping in Bié province within open secondary forests together with other ground beetles (see S. angolense remarks) and on walls during night (Caála) near public lights together with several other ground beetles (see P. incrassatus remarks). It is a new record for the Bié Province.