Biodiversity and notes on carabid beetles from Angola with description of new taxa (Coleoptera: Carabidae) Author Serrano, Artur R. M. Author Capela, Rúben A. Author Santos, Carmen Van-Dúnem Neto text Zootaxa 2017 2017-11-23 4353 2 201 256 journal article 31353 10.11646/zootaxa.4353.2.1 d93b2bd2-75e1-467c-89d3-e2faee3b10a4 1175-5326 1065124 D2902BF9-0213-40F3-91A4-EC4D4FDB3B27 Scarites ( Orientolobus ) vilhenai Basilewsky, 1955 Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 1) Huambo ; 2) Malanje . Material examined. Catata-Nova Monção ( 13° 25´59´´ S , 15° 21´22´´ E , 1607 m alt., 279) ( HUAMBO ), 6. XI.2015, 1 ♂, 1♀ , DO, A . Serrano & R. Capela leg., ASC ; Kalandula ( 1,5 km N) ( 09° 03´51´´ S , 15° 58´42´´ E , 1126 m alt., 112) ( MALANJE ), 18. XI.2015, 1 ♀, DO, A . Serrano & R. Capela leg., ASC ; Cambamba (Catoio- Quela ) ( 09° 14´42´´ S , 17° 00´33´´ E , 1178 m alt., 115) ( MALANJE ), 20. XI.2015, 1 ♂, DO, A . Serrano & R. Capela leg., ASC ; Mutubanzamba ( Cangandala ) ( 09° 47´45´´ S , 16° 31´40´´ E , 1136 m alt., 132) ( MALANJE ), 21. XI.2015, 2 ♂, 1♀ , DO, A . Serrano & R. Capela leg., ASC ; Carima ( Cacuso-Pungandongo ) ( 09° 35´00´´ S , 15° 42´01´´ E , 1117 m alt., 130) ( MALANJE ), 23. XI.2015, 2 ♀, DO, A . Serrano & R. Capela leg., ASC . Remarks. An Angolan scaritid beetle endemic species whose description was based on one single female from Monte Moco ( Huambo province ). Our specimens conform well to the Basilewsky (1955) description. Adult specimens were found whitin secondary open forests on sandy whitish soil (first locality) or on reddish soil ( Malanje localities) together with some adults of tiger and ground beetles [Catata-Nova Monção: Euryarthron reticostatum ( Wellman & W. Horn, 1908 ) , Dromica ( Foveodromica ) sp., P. angusticollis , Trichodela nubifera ( Quedenfeldt, 1883 ) , Lophyra ( Stenolophyra ) saraliensis saraliensis (Guérin-Méneville, 1849) , Lophyra ( Bothryolophyra ) wellmani (W. Horn, 1907) , Chlaenius ovalipennis , Euleptus intermedius Péringuey, 1896 , Orthotrichus patroboides (Murray, 1859) , Orthogonius sp. 1, Netrodera vethi (Bates, 1889) , Cypholoba graphipteroides monardi Burgeon, 1935 and Anthia ( Odontanthia ) kleinfeldi Puchner, 2013 ; Malanje localities: Dromica ( Foveodromica ) spp., P. angusticollis , T. nubifera , Epitrichodes villosus ( Putzeys, 1880 ) , Lophyra ( Stenolophyra ) infuscatula (W. Horn, 1915) , L. saraliensis , L. wellmani , Graphipterus ellipticus Burgeon, 1928 ]. It is a new record for the Malanje Province .