Catascopus (Catascopus) rufipes Gory, 1833

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 : 374

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5419.3.3
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13891079
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B187B5-FFD5-3D7E-6BB3-FEE6FB59FC99
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Catascopus (Catascopus) rufipes Gory, 1833
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Catascopus (Catascopus) rufipes Gory, 1833 View in CoL

Distribution: CON, DOC, EQG, GAM, GBI, GUI, RCI, SEN, SLN.

Distribution in Guinea-Bissau (Administrative Regions): 1) TOB.

Historic records:

“ Guinée portugaise ” (without precise locality) ( LaFerté-Sénectère 1849);

Coli (Quebo) ( TOB) ( Serrano 2009a).

Material examined: Jemberem (Mato Cambeque) (11º 13´26.45´´ N, 15º 01´02.01´´ W, 15 m alt.) ( TOB), 10.VII.2009, 1 female, LT, A. Serrano leg., ASC.

Remarks. The species is distributed throughout western and central Africa, reaching the Bioko Island ( EQG) ( Lorenz 2021). The first record was for the old “ Guinée portugaise ” by LaFerté-Sénectère (1849) and later reported for a precise locality (Coli) in Guinea-Bissau by Serrano (2009a). The adult specimen was captured by LT within a semi-humid pristine forest. There are no syntopic species/subspecies for the reported locality.