Africobatus harpaloides, (GUERIN-MENEVILLE 1847)

Merene, Yeshitla, Lorenz, Wolfgang, Opgenoorth, Lars, Woldehawariat, Yitbarek & Schmidt, Joachim, 2023, Ground and tiger beetles (Coleoptera: Carabidae, Cicindelidae) of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia: a provisional faunistic checklist based on literature data, Zootaxa 5247 (1), pp. 1-345 : 122

harpaloides ( GUÉRIN-MÉNEVILLE 1847)

= resplendens (PUTZEYS in CHAUDOIR 1876)

= difficilis (PÉRINGUEY 1896)

= oligorhabdus (ALLUAUD 1927)

NE05040c—“ Galla Aroussi, Vallée du Ouebi ” ( Basilewsky 1950b: 209 —as: “ Neosiopelus resplendens ”). NE06037b—“Soddu, c. 6,800 ft. ” ( Basilewsky 1953b: 287 —as: “ Africobatus harpaloides ”).

NE06039b—“S-slope Bale Mts., S of Rira, Katcha, 2380 m, 06°42′58′N 39°43′25′E” ( Kataev et al. 2020: 203). NE07038b—“ Lac Daka” ( Basilewsky 1950b: 209 —as: “ Neosiopelus resplendens ”). NE08040b—“Kounhi-Tchafianani, Laga Hardine” ( Basilewsky 1950b: 227 —as: “ Africobatus harpaloides ”). NE09038c—“Forêt Djem-Djem” ( Alluaud 1937: 285 —as: “ Hyparpalus difficilis ”; Basilewsky 1950b: 227 —as: “ Africobatus harpaloides ”).

NE09041b—“Diré Daoua” ( Basilewsky 1950b: 209 —as: “ Neosiopelus resplendens ”).

NE09042c—“Harrar” ( Basilewsky 1950b: 227 —as: “ Africobatus harpaloides ”).

Unspecific: “ Abyssinia ” ( Guérin-Méneville 1847: 50 —as: “ Hypolithus harpaloides ”) [type loc.]; “ Abyssinie ” (Chaudoir 1876b: 341—as: “ Hypolithus resplendens ”); “ Abessinien ” ( Csiki 1932a: 1212 —as: “ Trichotichnus harpaloides ”); “ Abessinien ” ( Csiki 1932a: 1214 —as: “ Trichotichnus resplendens ”); “ Abyssinie ” ( Basilewsky 1958: 254 —as: “ Africobatus harpaloides ”).

Subgenus Aulacoryssus ALLUAUD 1916