Chilanthia cavernosa, GERSTAECKER 1867

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 : 158-167

cavernosa GERSTAECKER 1867

NE04041b—"Bogol Magno" (Basilewsky in Maquet 2018: 6—as: " Chilanthia cavernosa ").

NE04042c—"Dolo" (Basilewsky in Maquet 2018: 6—as: " Chilanthia cavernosa ").

Unspecific: "Abyssinien" ( Kolbe 1897: 6); " Abyssinie " ( Bénard 1923: 21); " Abessinien " ( Csiki 1929: 376) "Between Abyssinia and Brit. E. Africa" (Basilewsky in Maquet 2018: 6—as: " Chilanthia cavernosa ").

Part 2: Annotated gazetteer of localities

Remarks. Codings of the regional states and districts of Ethiopia employed in this study are listed in Tables 1 and 2 (for location of the regional states see Figure 1 ).

TABLE 2. Coding of districts of Ethiopia employed in this study.

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Abalkhasim— OR (Goa)

Coordinates: 6.74 N 39.82 E.

Annotation: Prominent volcanic rock within the Bale Mountains National Park south of the Sanetti Plateau.

Abaya— SN (Amz, Boe, Dae, Hum, Mia); OR (Aba)

Coordinates: 6.35 N 37.87 E.

Variant spellings: Abbaya, Lake (Lacus, Lago) Margherita, Marghherita.

Annotation: A freshwater lake in the Ethiopian Rift Valley west of the Gughe Mountains in southern Ethiopia. The town of Arba Minch is on the southwest shore of the lake. The lake is bordered by the Oromia Region in the east and the SNNP Regional State on the west. Lake Abaya is fed on its northern shore by the Bilate river , on its northeastern shore by the Gidabo river , which rises from the western slopes of the Bale Mountains , and on its eastern shore by Gelana river . In 1896, Lake Abaya was renamed Lake Margherita by the Italian explorer Vittorio Bottego (Sclater 1899, Scott 1952) .

Abbaya—see Abaya

Abbiata—see Abijata

Abboimieda—see Abuyemeda

Abello—see Yabelo

Abessinien —see Abyssinia

Abgereb—see Angereb

Abiata—see Abijata

Abijata— OR (Arn)

Coordinates: 7.62 N 38.59 E.

Variant spellings: Abiata, Abbiata, Abjata, Daka, Dacca, Dakka.

Annotation: The alkaline saline lake Abijata is located in the Ethiopian Rift Valley, 160 km south of Addis Ababa along the road to Hawassa. The lake is part of the Abijata-Shalla National Park and it is fed by the rivers Bulbula from Lake Ziway and Hora Kelo from Lake Langano. Lake Abijata was visited by J. Omer-Cooper in 1926 (Scott 1952) .

Abissinia —see Abyssinia

Abjata—see Abijata

Abobo— GA (Abo)

Coordinates: 7.90 N 34.54 E.

Annotation: A town in the Gambela Region, the administrative centre for Abobo District .

Abouna-Jousef—see Abune Yosef

Abouna-Yousef—see Abune Yosef

Abuma Yousef—see Abune Yosef

Abuna Jusef—see Abune Yosef

Abuna Yosef—Abune Yosef

Abuna Youssef—see Abune Yosef

Abuna Yusef—see Abune Yosef

Abune Yosef— AM (Bug, Las)

Coordinates: 12.14 N 39.18 E.

Variant spellings: Abouna-Jousef, Abouna-Yousef, Abuma Yousef, Abuna Jusef, Abuna Yosef, Abuna Youssef, Abuna Yusef, Delanta Highlands, montagnes du Lasta, plateaux du Lasta.

Annotation: A mountain in the Lasta District of the North Wollo Zone of Amhara Regional State. Its peak reaches an altitude of 4284 m. Mountain ridges extend to the northeast and northwest. A. Raffray was the first entomologist to visit and collect afro-alpine ground beetles from Mount Abune Yosef at altitudes of 3500 to 4000 m (Raffray 1885).

Abuyemeda— AM (Mgm, Wee)

Coordinates: 10.51 N 39.76 E.

Variant spelling: Abboimieda.

Annotation: A mountain range in the highlands of the North Shewa Zone of the Amhara Region. It follows the eastern edge of the central highlands all the way to Mount Amba Farit of South Wollo. It was visited by A. Raffray during the early 1880‘s (Raffray 1885). Mehal Meda, which is the administrative centre of the Menz Gera Midir District, is the nearby town south of this mountain.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Map of Ethiopia showing the regional states (data source: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Afairs, OCHA).