Myriochila (Monelica) vicina (Dejean, 1831)

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 : 15

Myriochila (Monelica) vicina (Dejean, 1831)

Geographic distribution: Mauritania, Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Sierra Leone, Benin, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Niger, Chad, Sudan, Eritrea, Gabon, Democratic Republic of Congo, People`s Republic of Congo, Angola and Tanzania.

Distribution in Guinea –Bissau: 11B, 14, 16, 17, 18, 22, 24, 25, 28, 29, 33, 36, 37B, 39B, 40, 44.

Specimens sampled: Chinchá-Sambel (Saltinho), 30.VI.2006, 2 ɗ, 2 Ψ, “DO”, ( AS); Mukunbo-Chamarra, 3.VII.2006, 1 ɗ, “DO”, ( AS); Buba, 5.VII.2006, 4 Ψ, “DO”, ( AS); Cufada, 5.VII.2006, 2 ɗ, 1 Ψ, 8.VII.2006, 3 ɗ, 7 Ψ, 17.VII.2006, 1 Ψ, “DO”, ( AS); Coli (Quebo), 6.VII.2006, 2 ɗ, 1 Ψ, 12.VII.2006, 1 Ψ, “DO”, ( AS); Guilege, 7.VII.2006, 1 ɗ, “DO”, ( AS); Buba-Tunani, 15.VII.2006, 1 Ψ, “DO”, ( AS).

Remarks: This species was recorded previously for Guinea-Bissau as a subspecies of M. fastidiosa (Dejean) (e.g. Serrano 1995, 1997). Recently Werner and Oesterle (2000) reviewed its status and re-established M. vicina as a good species. Known mainly from western and northern-central territories of Africa, and reaching Tanzania. The adults can be found in open habitats (e.g. savannahs), occurring frequently in Guinea-Bissau with L. luxerii .