Tachylopha optima, (PERINGUEY 1898)

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 : 57

optima (PÉRINGUEY 1898)

= perelegans (ALLUAUD 1930)

= abyssiniae (NETOLITZKY 1937)

NE08038b—“lakes of Addas, Hora Bishoftu” (Netolitzky 1937: 418—as: “ Tachys optimus abyssiniae ”) [syntype loc.].

NE08038d—“Kattere river, north-east of Lake Zwai” (Netolitzky 1937: 418—as: “ Tachys optimus abyssiniae ") [syntype loc.]; "Katere River" ( Echaroux 2014: 88 —as: " Tachylopha optima ").