Spathosternum pygmaeum Karsch, 1893

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Material examined. ETHIOPIA: SNNPR, Keffa, Kaya Kela, 21.IV.2015, on light, B. Massa (1Ƌ); Keffa, Gojeb river (1300 m), 22.IV.2015, B. Massa (1Ƌ) ; SNNPR, Bench Maji, Bebeka Plantation (1370 m), 14.IV.2015, B. Massa (1♀) ; Wollega, Didessa river (1280 m), 11.XI.2010, A. Sciarretta and M. Colacci (1♀) (BMPC).

Distribution. S. pygmaeum is known from a wide area of tropical Africa west to Senegal (Descamps & Le Breton 1973); it is newly recorded from Ethiopia.