| Abstract |
Angola is the seventh largest country in Africa (1,246,700 km2) and is located in the southwestern part of the continent. The country has three principal natural regions: 1) The coastal lowland; 2) Hills and mountains which occur at distances ranging from 20 km to 100 km inland; and, 3) The high plateau (“planalto”) which lies to the east of the hills and mountains and dominates Angola's territory. Angola exhibits one of the highest biodiversity in Africa. Ferreira (1965) registered approximately 3550 species/subspecies of beetles to the country. There is about 520 species+subspecies of Carabidae registered to Angola (e.g.,Ferreira, 1965, Serrano, 1996, 2000, 2008, Serrano & Capela, 2013, 2015; Schüle, 2015; Schüle & Bednarik, 2015). The aim of this work is to present some new records (genera and species) within the family Carabidae for Angola based on some results got in the project “Inventory of inshore and freshwater invertebrates and small vertebrates (Task ID 208)” funded by Southern African Science Service Centre for Climate Change and Adaptive Land Management Integrated Science Plan (SASSCAL) to that country. Some species already recorded to Angola are confirmed to the country also. Distribution of the new beetle records in Angola and some ecological notes are also presented. |
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