Metaxenus bipustulatus, BOHEMAN 1848, 1876

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 : 96

bipustulatus BOHEMAN 1848

ssp. granulipennis CHAUDOIR 1876

= erlangeri STERNBERG 1908

= abyssinicus JEDLICKA 1950

= merdus JEDLICKA 1950 [unav.]

NE05039d—“Neghelli” (M̧ller 1939: 192).

NE08039a—“Motjo (Schoa)” (Sternberg 1908: 103—as: “ Chlaenius Erlangeri ”) [syntype loc.]. NE09041d—“Gara-Mulata” (Sternberg 1908: 103—as: “ Chlaenius Erlangeri ”) [syntype loc.]. NE09042c—“ Harar ” (M̧ller 1939: 192).

NE13038b—“Tembien” (M̧ller 1939: 192).

Unidentified locality: “Bellana” (M̧ller 1939: 192).

Unspecific: “ Abyssinie ” ( Chaudoir 1876c: 63); “ Abyssinie ” ( Chaudoir 1876c: 64 —as: “ Chlaenius granulipennis ”); “Abyssinien” ( Kolbe 1897: 10, 67); “ Abessinien ” ( Csiki 1931: 938); “ Abessinien ” ( Csiki 1931: 939 —as: “ Chlaenius bipustulatus Erlangeri ”).