Chlaenius (Pachydinodes) bipustulatus Boheman, 1848

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 : 214

Chlaenius (Pachydinodes) bipustulatus Boheman, 1848

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

Material examined. Cruzeiro ( Pedra do Alemão ) (12° 46´41.14´´ S, 15° 54´09.49´´ E, 1743 m alt., 232) (HUAMBO), 7. XI.2015, 1 ♂, 1♀, DO, A Serrano & R. Capela leg., ASC ; Satchijamba-Somakwanza (13° 44´46.50´´ S, 17° 11´2.26´´ E, 1611 m alt., 303) (BIÉ), 2. XI.2014, 3 ♀, DO, A. Serrano & R. Capela leg., ASC ; Catota (2,5 km S) (14° 00´37´´ S, 17° 24´00´´ E, 1532 m alt., 323) (BIÉ), 8‒17. XI.2015, 2 ♀, PF, A. Serrano & R. Capela leg., ASC .

Remarks. A polymorphic ground beetle species with a distribution throughout Africa south of Sahara. The nominal subspecies seems restricted to the southern countries of Africa ( Angola, Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Mozambique) (Insectoid.info 2017). Adults were found beneath litter (first locality) or in activity on sandy whitish soil within a secondary open forest (second locality) during night together with other ground beetles (e.g. S. tenebrosus fatalis , S. tibialis , T. massilicata ). In the third locality the specimens were collected by pitfall trapping within a secondary open forest. It is a new record for the Bié Province.