Chlaenius obsoletus, (OLIVIER 1795), 1870

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 : 135

obsoletus (OLIVIER 1795)

ssp. comptus CHAUDOIR 1870

= elgonensis BURGEON 1928

NE04036a—“Nanoropus, au bord du lac Rodolphe” ( Alluaud 1939: 21); “Nargi”; “Caschei”; “Delta de l’Omo, lac Rodolphe” ( Basilewsky 1977b: 240).

NE04036b—“Gondaraba, Lago Stefania” ( Basilewsky 1977b: 240).

NE04037a—"Tertale, Banno-El Dire" ( Basilewsky 1977b: 240).

NE05037c—"Dai Badditu à Dimé" ( Basilewsky 1977b: 240).

NE05037d—"Foce del Sagan" ( Basilewsky 1977b: 240).

NE06035d—“Maji Airfield, Washa Wuna, Kaffa Prov.” ( Basilewsky 1977b: 240).

NE06037c—"Dai Dimé" ( Basilewsky 1977b: 240).

NE06037d—“Arba Minch” ( Basilewsky 1977b: 240).

NE09041d—“Zwischen Garamulata und Harrar, 41.40- 42.1 E — 9.21 N ” ( Basilewsky 1977b: 240). NE09042c—“Billaua, au nord de Harrar” ( Basilewsky 1977b: 240).

NE12039d—“à Kobler, dans le pays des Gallas Raias, jamais au-dessus de 1500 m ” (Raffray 1886a: 311—as: “ Graphipterus comptus ”).

Unidentified locality “ Lago ” ( Basilewsky 1977b: 240).

Unspecific: " Abyssinie " ( Chaudoir 1870: 314 —as: " Graphipterus comptus ”); “ Abessinien ” ( Csiki 1929: 392 —as: “ Graphopterus comptus ”).