Koch, 2006 : 302 Sawflies of Ethiopia (Hymenoptera: Argidae, Tenthredinidae) Koch, Frank Pauly, Alain Hora, Zewdu A. Boevé, Jean-Luc Zootaxa 2015 4021 1 119 155 Koch, 2006 Koch 2006 [151,520,152,178] Insecta Tenthredinidae Athalia GBIF Animalia Hymenoptera 14 133 Arthropoda species aethiopica     Athalia aethiopica  Koch, 2006: 302. Locus typicus: Abyssinia[ Ethiopia], Dire-Daua. Holotype: ♀. Abyssinia, Dire-Daua [ 09°36'N 041°52'E], 19.XI.1911(HNHM).   Additional Ethiopian material.Wagira [ 13°00'N 037°40'E] (2 ♀) ( UZMT, ZSM); Tshertsher [= Chercher, 12°33'N 039°50'E], X.1911( 2 ♂), leg. Kovàcs ( HNHM); Gemu-Gofa Prov.: Arba-Minch [ 06°02'N 037°33'E], 1972 ( 1 ♂), leg. H. Rupp ( MRAC); Jimma [ 07°40'N 036°50'E], 25–29.XI.1969, leg. R. H. Cobben; Jimma, waterval, 70 kmto Addis Abeba, 23.X.1969(1 ♀), leg. R. H. Cobben ( WUPS); near Senkele N. P., 07°13’N 038°16’E, ≈ 2000 m, 17.IX.2012, on  Vernonia auriculifera(Asteraceae)flowers, P3622 (1 ♀), leg. J.-L. Boevé & A. Pauly ( RBINS); Oromia, Ghedo, 09°01’N 037°27’E, 2400 m, 10.IX.2013, P3805 ( 1 ♂), 11.IX.2013, P3806 (1 ♀), 12.IX.2013, P3807a (1 ♀), 14.IX.2013, P3808 ( 1 ♂), 24.IX.2013, P3810a, P3810b (2 ♀), 26.IX.2013, P3812 (1 ♀), 17.X.2013, P3815 (1 ♀), 18.X.2013, P3821 ( 1 ♂), 21.X.2013, P3816 (1 ♀; HBRC), leg. Z. A. Hora, A. Pauly & J.-L. Boevé ( RBINS).   Distribution. Ethiopia( Fig. 8B).  Host plant.Unknown. The adult collected near Senkele N. P. was most probably on  V. auriculiferafor pollen feeding.