Myriochila (Monelica) flavidens ( Guérin-Méneville, 1849 ), Guerin-Meneville, 1849

Serrano, Artur R. M., 2007, Notes on tiger beetles from Guinea-Bissau, with description of a new species of Cylindera Westwood (Insecta: Coleoptera, Cicindelidae) *, Zootaxa 1630, pp. 1-21 : 14

Myriochila (Monelica) flavidens ( Guérin-Méneville, 1849)

Geographic distribution: Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, People`s Republic of Congo, Uganda, Sudan, Eritrea and Ethiopia.

Distribution in Guinea –Bissau: 17, 18, 20, 24, 27, 28, 34, 36, 37B, 40, 42, 44.

Specimens sampled: Coli (Quebo), 27.VI.2006, 1 ɗ, 12.VII.2006, 1 Ψ, “DO”, ( AS); Chinchá-Sambel (Saltinho), 30.VI.2006, 3 ɗ, “DO”, ( AS); Guilege, 7.VII.2006, 1 ɗ; Cufada, 8.VII.2006, 1Ψ, 17.VII.2006, 1 Ψ, “DO”, ( AS).

Remarks: Another species that was described originally from Guinea-Bissau ( Guérin-Méneville 1849). Known mainly from the western and central territories of Africa, but reaching some north-eastern countries. The adults in Guinea-Bissau are active during the rainy season at mud flats and damp edges of bogs. It is usual to observe M. flavidens with C. lutaria , C. octoguttata , and M. melancholica .