Harpalus jeanneli Basilewsky, 1947

Kataev, B. M., Yeshitla, M. A. & Schmidt, J., 2020, Systematic position of Omostropus rotundatus and notes on some other species of Harpalina (Coleoptera: Carabidae) from Ethiopia, Zoosystematica Rossica (China) 29 (2), pp. 195-204 : 202

Harpalus jeanneli Basilewsky, 1947

Material from Ethiopia examined. Addis Ababa: 1 female, “ Addis Ababa, Abyssinie” ( ZIN) . Southern Nations, Nationalities and People ( SNNP) : 3 males, Gughe Highlands near Tola village , 06°18 ʹ 48 ″ N 37°33 ʹ 57 ″ E , 2950 m, 5.XII.2017, D. Hauth, J. Schmidt and M. Yeshitla leg. (cJS); 1 female, Gughe Highlands, env. Dorze and Chencha, 06°15 ʹ N 37°34 ʹ E, 2600– 2700 m, 4.XII.2017, D. Hauth, J. Schmidt and M. Yeshitla leg. (cJS); 1 male, 1 female, Dorze Lodge , 2400 m, 06°10 ʹ 56 ″ N 37°34 ʹ 35 ″ E, 4–17.X.2015, V. Major leg. ( ZIN) . Afar / Dire Dawa / Harari / Oromia: 1 male, Gewani – Harerge , VII.1994, R. Lízler leg. (cWR) . Dire Dawa: 1 male, “ Abyssinie, D. Daoua [= Dire Dawa]” ( ZIN) .

Unknown locality: 1 female, “ Abyssinia Kovács / Lacus Shalo ” ( TMB) .

Wing status. The specimens from the southeastern highlands of Ethiopia as well as the examined specimens from Kenya have hind wings fully developed and metepisterna elongate, markedly longer than wide.

Distribution. Widely distributed in Kenya, from where it was described (type locality “Rift Valley, Naivasha, 1900 m ”) ( Basilewsky, 1947, 1951, 1977), and also recorded from south western Ethiopia (Omo Valley in the former Kenia Colony) ( Basilewsky, 1951) and Uganda ( Basilewsky, 1962). Additional records from central and southern Ethiopia are presented here. The species is known from the altitudes of 1300–3000 m and most common in Kenya at about 2000 m.