Thyreopterus flavosignatus Dejean, 1831
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Dejean, P.F.M.A. Species général des coléoptères, de la collection de M. le Comte DEJEAN. Tome cinquième. -. viii + 883 pp. (Paris: MÉQUIGNON-MARVIS). (1831).




Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Coleoptera
- family
- Carabidae
- genus
- Thyreopterus
- species
- Thyreopterus flavosignatus
discussion
Remarks. A species widespread throughout western, central, southern and eastern Africa (Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Cameroon, Central African Republic, D. R. of the Congo, Angola, Namibia, South Africa R., Kenya) (Basilewsky 1955, Ferreira 1965, Serrano 2009, Insectoid. info 2017). Adult specimens were collected under the bark of decomposing trunks together with Zygentoma, Formicidae and Tenebrionidae adults and the ant nest beetle P. pseudoklugi within an open secondary forest. It is a new record for the Bié Province.
distribution
Distribution in Angola (Provinces): 1) Lunda Norte; 2) Bié.
materials_examined
Material examined. Satchijamba (10 km E) (13 ° 43 ° 38.76 ´´ S, 17 ° 12 ° 17.74 ´´ E, 1601 m alt., 283) (BIÉ), 7. IV. 2014, 1 ♂, 1 ♀, DO, A. Serrano & R. Capela leg., ASC.