Ourebia ourebi (Zimmermann, 1783) . Geogr. Gesch. Mensch. Vierf. Thiere, 3:268.

TYPE LOCALITY: South Africa, Cape of Good Hope (= Uitenhage Dist., see Roberts, 1951) .

DISTRIBUTION: Senegal to W and C Ethiopia and S Somalia, south and southwest to E South Africa, N Botswana, N Namibia, Angola, and S Zaire.

SYNONYMS: aequatoria, brevicaudata, cottoni, dorcas, gallarum, goslingi, grayi, haggardi, bastata, kenyae, leucopus, masakensis, melanura, microdon, montana, nigricaudata, pitmani, quadriscopa, rutila, scoparia, smithii, splendida, ugandae.

COMMENTS: For synonyms see Ansell (1972:66).