Cothresia minuta, (BASILEWSKY 1974)

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 : 47-48

minuta ( BASILEWSKY 1974) E!

= basilewskiana ( GEGINAT 2008)

NE10037b—“Mts Choché, 3500-4000 m, 10°44′N 37°55′E ” ( Basilewsky 1974: 154 —as: “ Cothresia minuta ”) [type loc.]; “Mts. Choché, 3400-4000 m ” ( Geginat 2008: 124 —as: “ Trechus basilewskianus ” [replacement name]; “Mts Choché, 3500-4000 m, near summit” (Quéinnec, Ollivier & Reeb 2021: 33—as: “ Deuveopsis basilewskianus ”); “Mount Choke, 10°41′54′′N, 037°50′21′′E, 3950 m ”; “ 10°38′47′′N, 037°50′17′′E, 3960 m ”; “ 10°42′17′′N, 037°50′35′′E, 3950 m ”; “ 10°42′17′′N, 037°50′35′′E, 3950 m ” (Quéinnec, Ollivier & Reeb 2021: 33—as: “ Deuveopsis basilewskianus ”).

[Nomenclatural note: in combination with Trechus , the specific name minutus (adj.: minut-us, -a, -um) is preoccupied and has been replaced by Geginat 2008; however, in combination with Deuveopsis , it is not preoccupied and must be accepted as the valid name (ICZN Art. 59.4.).

Genus Aethiopsis QUÉINNEC & OLLIVIER 2021