Trechus (Abunetrechus) lalibelae Queinnec & Ollivier

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Trechus (Abunetrechus) lalibelae: Quéinnec et al. 2021: 21; locus typicus: Mt. Abuna Yosef, 12°08'32"N, 39°10'59"E.

Type material.

Not studied. Identification is based on the original description, including habitus and male genital figures of the type specimens ( Quéinnec et al. 2021), as well as on comprehensive material collected at the type locality (see below).

Additional material.

13 males, 11 females, Ethiopia, Amhara, Mt. Abuna Yosef, N-slope, 3800-3950 m, 12°07'52"N, 39°11'39"E, 4.III.2019, leg. D. Hauth, J. Schmidt, Yeshitla M., Yitbarek W. (SCHM, NHMAA) ; 1 male, 1 female, ditto, S-slope, 3850-3900 m, 12°07'29"N, 39°11'21"E, 5.III.2019, leg. D. Hauth, J. Schmidt, Yeshitla M., Yitbarek W. (CSCHM); 1 male, ditto, S-slope, 3700-3850 m, 12°09'10"N, 39°09'35"E, 5.III.2019, leg. D. Hauth, J. Schmidt, Yeshitla M., Yitbarek W. (CSCHM) .

Additions to the species description.

Body length 4.2-5.1 mm ( Quéinnec et al. 2021: 4.8-5.1 mm). Length of aedeagus 0.98-1.02 mm. PW/PL = 1.24-1.30; n = 20. PW/TL = 0.99-1.04; n = 20. EL/AL = 2.39-2.65; n = 10.

Differential diagnosis.

See Key to species of the subgenus Trechus Abunetrechus, below.

Distribution.

Endemic to the Abune Yosef mountains of the northern Ethiopian Highlands.

Habitat.

Specimens of T. lalibelae were found syntopic with T. bipartitus and T. sublaevis Raffray under stones and in humus and rotten plant material near brooks in the afroalpine zone.