Discovery of Myriochila (monelica) jucunda (Péringuey, 1892) (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Cicindelinae) in Mozambique, with an Annotated List of the Tiger Beetles Known from the Country

摘要

The tiger beetle fauna of Mozambique is one of the most diverse in the Afrotropical Region, with about 100 species/subspecies recorded (Table 1) (e. g., Horn 1932; Ferreira 1963; Basilewsky 1966; Serrano 1987, 2012, 2013; Werner 2000a, b; Cassola 2002; Cassola and Werner 2003; Schüle 2004, 2010, 2011; Werner and Schüle 2006; Cassola and Bouyer 2007; Schüle and Kudrna 2007; Monfort and Wiesner 2007). This figure corresponds approximately to one species per 8,016 km~2, a number close to twice the ≈1 species per 13,782 km~2 reported by Pearson and Cassola (1992). Most tiger beetle species found in Mozambique occur throughout central and southern Africa, but some species seem to have more restricted distributions (see above references). Undoubtedly, the most species-rich genus in Mozambique is Dromica Dejean, 1826 with approximately 36 species (e. g., Cassola 2002). Currently, about 12 forms (12%) of the known Mozambique tiger beetles are endemic (Table 1).