Amara africana, PUTZEYS 1872

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 : 82-83

africana PUTZEYS 1872

= abyssinica RAFFRAY 1886

= aethiopica TSCHITSCHERINE 1899

= samarkana JEDLICKA 1957

NE04038a—"Yavello 1650 m " ( Hieke 1976: 302).

NE04038b—"Arero" (M̧ller 1939: 184—as: " Amara abyssinica ").

NE04038c—"Mega 1700 m " ( Hieke 1976: 302).

NE05038c—" 30 km NO v. Yavello" ( Hieke 1976: 302).

NE05039d—"Neghelli" (M̧ller 1939: 184—as: " Amara abyssinica "); "Neghelli 1500 m " ( Hieke 1976: 302).

NE06037b—" Mt. Damota , c. 9,600 -10,000 f., 400-800 ft. below highest summit"; "Soddu, c. 6,800 ft. " ( Basilewsky 1953b: 280); "Top of Mts. Damota, 2950 m " ( Hieke 1976: 302).

NE06037c—"Mt. Gughé, 10,500 -11,000 ft. "; "Mt. Gughé, over 11,000 ft. "; "Mt. Gughé, on [south-west] slope"; "Mt. Tola, eastern escarpment, over 10,000 ft. "; "Mt. Tola, near camp, c. 10,600 ft. "; "Mt. Tola, top of the mountain, 11,000 -12,000 ft. "; "between Dita and Bonghé, 9,000 -10,500 ft. " ( Basilewsky 1953b: 280); "Top of Mt. Tola"; "Between Dita and Boughé c. 9000-10500 ft. "; "Mt. Gighe, ca. 10.500 -11.000 ft. "; "Mt. Tola, ca. 10600 ft. " ( Hieke 1976: 302).

NE06037d—" Lago Margherita" (M̧ller 1939: 184—as: " Amara abyssinica "); "Chencha, c. 8,900 ft. "; "Wubara, between Chencha and Dita, c. 8,500ft. " ( Basilewsky 1953b: 280); "Arbo Minch"; "Chencha, 2800 m " ( Hieke1976: 302). NE06038d—" 11 km S v. Aghere Salem, 2700 m " ( Hieke 1976: 302).

NE07037a—"Tucur, ca. 15 mls N Jimma, 2600 m " ( Hieke 1976: 302).

NE07038b—"Riv. Boule-Boule" ( Hieke 1976: 302).

NE07039a—"Mt. Chillálo" ( Alluaud 1937: 274 —as: " Amara abyssinica ”); “Arussi Mts., ca. 4 km E v. Dighelli, 2850 m ”; “ca. 8 km E v. Dighelli, 3000 m ”; “Aselle, 2600 m ”; “Mt.Chillalo, ca. 9000 ft. ” ( Hieke 1976: 302).

NE07039d—“Dinshu 3200 m ”; “ 3 km W v. Dinshu, 3040 m ”; “ 8 km W v. Dinshu, 3050 m ”; “ 10 km W v. Dinshu, 3200 m ”; “ 25 km W v. Dinshu, 3540 m ”; “ 35 km W v. Dinshu, 3250 m ”; “Goba” ( Hieke 1976: 302).

NE08038b—“Addis-Ababa”; “Debre Zeit, 40 km S v. Addis-Ababa”; “Mt. Wachacha, ca. 11000 ft. ”; “Akaki Riv- er”; “Abyss, Managaoha”; “Modjo”; “Mts. Salale, 3000 m ” ( Hieke 1976: 302).

NE09038c—“Forêt Djem-Djem”; “Wouramboulchi, au delà de Djem-Djem” ( Alluaud 1937: 274 —as: “ Amara abyssinica ”); “ 40 km WNW v. Addis-Ababa”; “between Djem-Djem and Wouram-boulchi, 8-900 ft. ” ( Hieke 1976: 302).

NE09038d—“Addis-Ababa, Galéla, 8500 ft. ” ( Hieke 1976: 302); “Entotto Hills, 6 km N v. Addis-Ababa” ( Hieke 1976: 302); “Dima river N v. Entotto” ( Hieke 1976: 302); “Auletto Road, 25 km W v. Addis-Ababa” ( Hieke 1976: 302); “Antoto” ( Hieke 1976: 302).

NE09039b—“Mt.Termaber, c. 10,000 ft. ” ( Basilewsky 1953b: 280); “ 5 km W v. Ankober, 3000 m ” ( Hieke 1976: 302); “Jel Marefia” ( Hieke 1976: 302).

NE09039c—“ 40 km N v. Addis-Ababa” ( Hieke 1976: 302).

NE09041d—“Karssa” ( Alluaud 1922: 505), footnote—as: “ Amara abyssinica ").

NE09042c—" Harar " ( Hieke 1976: 302); "Zagliero, Harrar" ( Hieke 1976: 302).

NE10037b—"Mt.Choke, 3200-3500 m " ( Hieke 1976: 302).

NE10038a—"Falega Birhan 2620 m " ( Hieke 1976: 302).

NE11039d—"Dessie" ( Hieke 1976: 302).

NE12039c—"Mont Abouna-Yousef, 4000 m " (Raffray 1886a: 317; Alluaud 1937: 274 —as: " Amara abyssinica ”) [type loc.].

NE13038c—“Simien: Derasghié, c. 9,800 ft. ” ( Basilewsky 1957a: 200).

NE14038d—“ Tigre ” ( Hieke 1976: 302).

NE14039d—“Auseba” (Putzeys 1872: C) [type loc.]; “ Anseba (Afrique orientale), wohl vom Fluss Anseba im Norden Äthiopiens ” ( Hieke 1975: 282) .

Unidentified localities: “ Ghedò (Amhara)” (M̧ller 1939: 184—as: “ Amara abyssinica ”); “Karsa Dek”; “Maracca, 1500 m ”; “Maraguo”; “Fantaskje”; “Lasdrin” ( Hieke 1976: 302); ”Taltschi” ( Hieke 1976: 302) [type loc. of Amara aethiopica ].

Unspecific: “ Abyssinie ” (Tschitscherine 1899: 322—as: “ Amara aethiopica ”); “ Abessinien ” ( Csiki 1929: 408 —as: “ Amara abyssinica ”; Csiki 1929: 410 —as: “ Amara aethiopica ”); “assez répandue dans toute l’Abyssinie, mais ne semble par descendre en dessous des 2,000 mètres” ( Basilewsky 1953b: 280); “ S Galla ”; “ N Galla ” ( Hieke 1976: 302).