Carabophanus raffrayi, CHAUDOIR 1874

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 : 88

raffrayi CHAUDOIR 1874

ssp. raffrayi s.str.

ssp. gallanus KOLBE 1903 E!

Remarks: The published records of Tefflus raffrayi cannot be referred without doubt to one of the two accepted subspecies known to occur in Ethiopia.

NE05037a—"Gandjule-See in West-Galla" ( Kolbe 1903: 234 —as: " Tefflus gallanus ") [syntype loc.]; "lac Gandjule" ( Basilewsky 1946b: 19).

NE06037b—"Oualamo, au pied du mont Oumbo, 1.800 -1.900 m " ( Basilewsky 1934: 222); " Mt. Damota , over 8,000 ft. " ( Basilewsky 1953b: 291).

NE06037d—“Gandjule” (Häckel & Farkač 2012: 95).

NE09041c—“Bourka” ( Alluaud 1922: 491; Basilewsky 1934: 221-222; Basilewsky 1946b: 20). NE09042c—“Harrar” ( Basilewsky 1946b: 20).

NE14038d—“environs d’Adoua” ( Chaudoir 1874: 376; Fairmaire 1893: 9; Häckel & Farkač 2012: 95) [type loc.]; “Adowa” (Chaudoir 1876b: 354); “Adua” ( Basilewsky 1946b: 20).

Unidentified localities: “Nebenet”; “Oualamo”; “Szanto” ( Basilewsky 1946b: 20).

Unspecific: "Choa" ( Fairmaire 1893: 9); "West-Galla" ( Csiki 1929: 348); " Abyssinie " ( Basilewsky 1934: 221); "Choa" ( Basilewsky 1946b: 20); " Afar Region " (Häckel & Farkač 2012: 95).