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.