Perigona (Euripogena) congoana (Burgeon, 1801)

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 : 389

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5419.3.3

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13891120

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03B187B5-FFC4-3D6F-6BB3-FF28FD65FD87

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Perigona (Euripogena) congoana (Burgeon, 1801)
status

 

* Perigona (Euripogena) congoana (Burgeon, 1801) View in CoL

Distribution: ANG, BEN, CAM, CON, DOC, EQG, GAB, GAM, GUI, GBI, GUI, NIG, RCA, RCI, RRW, SEN, TAN.

Distribution in Guinea-Bissau (Administrative Regions): 2) TOB.

Historic records: none.

Material examined: Jemberem (Mato Lautchandé) (11º 15´29.14´´ N, 15º 04´47.81´´ W, 22 m alt.) ( TOB), 9.VII.2009, 3 females, DO, A. Serrano leg., ASC.

Remarks. The species is widespread throughout western, central, and eastern Africa and has also been recorded in France and the Netherlands ( Basilewsky 1989; Lorenz 2021). The female adult specimens match the description of the species. The adult specimens were captured under bark within a semi-humid pristine forest ( Table 1 View TABLE 1 ). It is a new genus/species record for Guinea-Bissau.

ANG

Muséum des sciences naturelles d'Angers

CAM

Central Australian Museum

CON

Bristol, Clifton and West of England Zoological Society's Gardens

GAB

National Museum, Monuments, and Art Gallery

GAM

Grupo Actinomicetales Merida Facultad de Medicina

NIG

Nanjing Geographical Institute

TAN

Parc de Tsimbazaza

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Carabidae

SubFamily

Lebiinae

Tribe

Perigonini

Genus

Perigona

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