Microlestes flavipes, MOTSCHULSKY 1860

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 : 141

flavipes MOTSCHULSKY 1860

ssp. flavipes s.str.

ssp. micromys ALLUAUD 1918

Remarks: The published records of Microlestes flavipes cannot be referred without doubt to one of the two accepted subspecies known to occur in Ethiopia.

NE04036a—"Nanoropus, à l'extrémité nord du lac Rodolphe, 565 m " ( Basilewsky 1948a: 215 —as: " Microlestes micromys ”); “Nanoropus, bords du lac Rodolphe, 565 m ” ( Mateu 1963: 125 —as Microlestes flavipes flavipes ”). NE05036c—“Bourillé, au bord de la rivière Omo, 600 m ” ( Basilewsky 1948a: 215 —as: “ Microlestes micromys ”). NE06037d—“Chencha, c. 8,900 ft. ” ( Basilewsky 1953b: 292 —as: “ Microlestes capensis ”; Mateu 1963: 124). NE07038b—“Riv. Golba” ( Mateu 1963: 124).

NE07039d—“Goba” ( Mateu 1963: 125).

NE08038b—“Ourbou” ( Alluaud 1922: 514 —as: “ Microlestes micromys ”); “ Addis Ababa: c. 8,000 ft. ” ( Basilewsky 1953b: 292 —as: “ Microlestes capensis ”).

NE08039c—“Uomber, près de la rivière Golba” ( Alluaud 1922: 514 —as: “ Microlestes micromys ”). NE09038c—“Djem-Djem, circa 8000 ft. ” ( Mateu 1963: 124).

NE09038d—“near Addis-Abebba” ( Mateu 1963: 124).

NE09040d—“Kounhi” ( Alluaud 1922: 514 —as: “ Microlestes micromys ”; Mateu 1963: 124). NE14038d—“Adua” ( Mateu 1963: 124).

Unidentified locality: “ Abyssinie: Dorbou” ( Mateu 1963: 124).

Unspecific: “ Éthiopie méridionale” ( Alluaud 1918: 497 —as Microlestes micromys ”); “ Abessinien ” ( Csiki 1932b: 1428 —as: “ Microlestes micromys ”).