Melanodes parallelus, (CHAUDOIR 1883)

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 : 93

parallelus ( CHAUDOIR 1883)

= atratus (REICHE 1850) [nec KLUG 1833]

Unspecific: "provinces du Tigrè, du Samen et de l' Amhara " (Reiche 1850: 272—as: " Feronia atrata ") [type loc.; probably refers to NE13038a]; " Abyssinie " ( Chaudoir 1883: 547 —as: " Melanodes parallelus "); " Abessinien " ( Csiki 1933a: 1664 —as: " Abacetus atratus "); " Abissinia " (Straneo 1943b: 80—as: " Melanodes parallelus "); " Abissinia " (Straneo 1950b: 91).