Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Carabidae

Abacillodes jocquei Straneo, 1988 Fig. 27

Abacillodes jocquei Straneo, 1988: 483 (type locality: "Lichenya Plateau, 2000 m, Mount Mulanje")

Type material.

Holotype ♂, “Holotypus” [printed on salmon colored label], "Lichenya Plateau 2000m 5/24.XI.1981" [printed], "Coll. Mus. Tervuren Malawi South. Reg. Mount Mulanje XI. 1981 - R. Jocqué” [printed], "Holotypus Abacillodes jocquei Str." [printed & handwritten on red label], " Abacillodes jocquei n. sp. det. S.L. Straneo 1987 Holotypus ♂" [printed & handwritten], "RMCA ENT 000019509" [printed] (MRAC).

Remarks. A striking characteristic in the type species of Abacillodes, Abacillodes jocquei, are the elytral intervals 2, 4, and 6, significantly wider than the adjacent uneven intervals. But, this character state is not present in Abacillodes malawianus, thus it can not be used as a generic distinguishing mark.