Abacillius basilewskyi Straneo, 1962

Gueorguiev, Borislav, Wrase, David W. & Farkac, Jan, 2014, Revision of the East Mediterranean Orthomus (Coleoptera, Carabidae, Pterostichini), with description of Parorthomus gen. n. socotranus sp. n. from Socotra Island and key to the Old World genera of subtribe Euchroina, ZooKeys 427, pp. 21-57 : 49

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Carabidae

Abacillius basilewskyi Straneo, 1962 Fig. 26

Abacillius basilewskyi Straneo, 1962: 53 (type locality: "Natal, Drackensberg, Little Berg Summits, Themeda Grasslands, 5500-6000 ft., Cathedral Peak, Forestry reserve")

Type material.

Holotype ♀, “Holotypus” [printed on salmon colored label], "Little berg summits Themeda Grassland 5500-6000 ft." [printed], "cathedral peak forestry reserve. natal drakensberg. March 1959 B. R. & P. J. Stuckenberg" [printed], "Col. Mus. Congo don. B. Stuckenberg Coll. P. Basilewsky" [printed & handwritten], " Abacillius Basilewskyi n.sp. S.L. Straneo det. 1960 Holotypus" [printed & handwritten], "RMCA ENT 000019508" [printed] (MRAC).

Remarks.

Straneo (1949: 7, 1958: 404) recorded that the onychium of the tarsi in Abacillius aculeatus is glabrous beneath. Subsequently, he described the same characteristics for Abacillius basilewskyi (Straneo, 1962: 54). However, the study of the holotype of the latter species revealed that it possesses the onychium finely setose beneath.