Habrodera nitidula nitidula (Dejean, 1825)

Serrano, Artur R. M., Capela, Rúben A. & Oesterle, Andreas, 2015, Three new species of tiger beetles and new data on Cicindelina species from Angola (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Cicindelinae), Zootaxa 4032 (2), pp. 151-178 : 170

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scientific name	Habrodera nitidula nitidula (Dejean, 1825)
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Habrodera nitidula nitidula (Dejean, 1825) View in CoL

Distribution in Angola (provinces): 1) Cabinda , Benguela; 2) Luanda, Bengo.

Material examined: Sangano, praia (coord.: 9º 33´13.12´´ S, 13º 12´3.77´´ E, 5 m alt., 107) ( BENGO), 15.III.2014, 4♂, 2♀, DO, A. Serrano leg., ASC; Barra do Kwanza (coord.: 9º 20´31.48´´ S, 13º 9´7.49´´ E, 4 m alt., 107), ( LUANDA), 17.IV.2014, 7♂, 3♀, DO, A. Serrano & R. Capela leg., ASC; Cabo Ledo (coord.: 9º 40´45.16´´ S, 13º 12´4.35´´ E, 2 m alt., 107) ( BENGO), 23.IV.2014, 9♂, 4♀, DO, A. Serrano & R. Capela leg., ASC.

Remarks. A tiger beetle species with a distribution throughout the sandy seashores of the western African countries ( Jaskuła & Cassola 2005; Serrano 2007). Habrodera nitidula is a sandy seashore species occurring sympatrically with Habrodera cabinda (Bates) in some Angolan localities (see Serrano & Capela 2013). The adults ( Fig. 9 View FIGURE 9. a e) were found in hunting activity on the infralitoral level of the beach, running or flying quikly for the upper part (medio or supralitoral) when disturbed. However, in Cabo Ledo the species was found just behind the beach in the mud edges of large ponds ( Fig. 9 View FIGURE 9. a f). It is a new record for Bengo province.

References

Jaskula, R. & Cassola, F. (2005) New tiger beetle data from Ghana and Nigeria (Coleoptera: Cicindelidae). Russian Entomological Journal, 14 (2), 113 - 116.

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

Serrano, A. R. M. & Capela, R. (2013) The tiger beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Cicindelinae) of Angola: a descriptive catalogue and designation of neotypes. Zootaxa, 3731 (4), 401 - 444.

Figures

FIGURE 9. a) Adult of Lophyra sumlini, Kakande, Bié; b) adult of Lophyra wellmani, Cruzeiro, Huambo; c) adult of Habrodera nilotica, Cambambe, Kwanza Sul; d) habitat of Habrodera nilotica and Lophyra neglecta intermediola, Cambambe, Kwanza Sul (notice the waste on the sandy as well); e) adult of Habrodera nitidula, Cabo Ledo, Bengo; f) habitat of Habrodera nitidula, Cabo Ledo, Bengo.