Parena africana (Alluaud, 1917)

Serrano, Artur R. M., 2024, Ground beetles of the subfamily Lebiinae (Carabidae) of Guinea-Bissau: description of three new species and faunistic notes, Zootaxa 5419 (3), pp. 361-393 : 370

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5419.3.3

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13891058

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B187B5-FFD1-3D7A-6BB3-FED1FD4EFB1A

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Plazi

scientific name

Parena africana (Alluaud, 1917)
status

 

* Parena africana (Alluaud, 1917) View in CoL

Distribution: CAM, DOC (?), GAB, GBI, KEN (?), NRE, RCA, RCI (?), SEN, TAN, UGA, ZAM.

Distribution in Guinea-Bissau (Administrative Regions): 1) BAF, TOB; 2) CAC.

Historic records:

Bafatá ( BAF), Contuboel ( BAF), Quebo (Coli) ( TOB) ( Serrano 2009a sub Parena ferruginea Chaudoir, 1878 ).

Material examined: Bafatá,?- VII-1954, 1 ex., ( MRAC); Contuboel (12º 22´02.53´´ N, 14º 33´30.81´´ W, 20 m alt.) ( BAF), 29-VI-1992, 1 male, LT, A. Serrano leg., ASC; Coli (Quebo) (11º 37´01.53´´ N, 14º 46´12.23´´ W, 45m alt.) ( TOB), 6-VII-2006, 1 female, LT, A. Serrano leg., ASC; Banhinda (P.N. T. Cacheu) (12º 12´16.67´´ N, 16º 02´56.45´´ W, 25 m alt.) ( CAC), 26. VI.2009, 1 male, LT, A. Serrano leg., ASC; Indjassen (P.N.L. Cufada) (11º 41´35.62´´ N, 15º 00´03.62´´ W, 23 m alt.) ( QUN), 16.VII.2009, 4 males, 3 females, LT, A. Serrano leg., ASC; Nhala-Incasolé (P.N.L. Cufada) ( QUN), 17.VII.2009, 1 female, LT, A. Serrano leg., ASC;

Remarks. The species has a scattered known distribution throughout western, central and eastern Africa ( Lorenz 2021, Shi & Liang 2023). The species has been misidentified as P. ferruginea (Chaudoir, 1878) in previous works (e.g., Basilewsky 1955; Serrano 2009a). Recently, Shi & Liang (2023) clarified the external morphologic characters of the Parena (Parena) plagiata group ( P. ferruginea , P. plagiata Motschulsky, 1864 and P. africana ), allowing the segregation of these species. The adult specimens recorded in Serrano (2009a) as P. ferruginea and the recent specimens match very well with P. africana , including the aedeagus. Taking this into account, C. ferruginea must be excluded from the known entomofauna of Guinea-Bissau. The adult specimens were sampled by LT within open secondary forests (Contuboel, Coli, Banhinda) or semi-humid forests (P.N.L. Cufada) at the beginning of the wet season. See also the syntopic species/subspecies for the 2009 field localities ( Table 1 View TABLE 1 ). It is a new species record for the CAC Administrative Region, Guinea-Bissau.

CAM

Central Australian Museum

GAB

National Museum, Monuments, and Art Gallery

KEN

Longwood Gardens

TAN

Parc de Tsimbazaza

BAF

Universidad de Buenos Aires

MRAC

Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale

T

Tavera, Department of Geology and Geophysics

VI

Mykotektet, National Veterinary Institute

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Carabidae

SubFamily

Lebiinae

Tribe

Lebiini

SubTribe

Metallicina

Genus

Parena

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