Tefflus meyerlei (Fabricius, 1801)

  Information: Tefflus meyerlei, species was described in 1801 by Fabricius from Guinea originally as Carabus meyerle. 

Body length: 32 - 55 mm
Peak activity: January - December (depends on region) 

  Remarks: A widely distributed species throughout Africa, occurring from dry scrub savannas, seasonal forests to tropical rainforests. A variable species that has seven described subspecies.

  Distribution: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Congo (Brazzaville), DR Congo, Eritrea, Eswatini (Swaziland), Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Republic Central Africa, Republic South Africa, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Zoogeographic region: Afrotropical 

  Taxonomic classification:

  Subspecie: 7

Tefflus meyerlei ssp. chaudoiri  Raffray, 1882   ⇒

  Information: The subspecies chaudoiri was described by Raffray in 1882 from Ethiopia [reference given: 'Abyssinia (Bogos)' is an area in present-day Eritrea]. The subspecies is found only in the territory of Ethiopia (in the province of Oromia and Harari) and Eritrea.

Body length:  40 - 44 mm

  Remarks: A locally occurring subspecies in Ethiopia, it prefers the scrubby dry savannas of the plateaus. The area is often covered with sparse vegetation, consisting of thorn bushes, acacias and grasses, which are typical of the semi-arid area and are well adapted to the extreme conditions.

  Distribution: Ethiopia, Eritrea 

  Material examined (& observation):

Tefflus meyerlei ssp. meyerlei (Fabricius, 1801)

  Information: Tefflus meyerlei (Fabricius, 1801

  Distribution: Benin, Burkina Faso, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Republic Central Africa, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo.
Lifezone: Afrotropical  

Tefflus meyerlei ssp. delegorguei  Guérin-Méneville, 1845

[= Tefflus procerus Klug, 1853]

 

  Information: The subspecies delegorguei was described by Guérin-Méneville in 1845 from South Africa [reference given: 'Massilicatzi'].

Body length: 39 - 52 mm 

  Distribution: Malawi, Mozambique, Republic South Africa, Swaziland (Eswatini), Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Lifezone: Afrotropical

Tefflus meyerlei ssp. deplanatipennis Sternberg, 1910

  Information: The subspecies deplanatipennis was described by Sternberg in 1910 from South Sudan [reference given: 'Famaca (am weißem Nil)'].
Body length:  43 - 46 mm

  Distribution: Sudan (South Sudan)
Lifezone: Afrotropical  

Tefflus meyerlei ssp. fischeri  Kolbe, 1897

  Information: The subspecies fischeri was described by Kolbein 1897 from Tanzania [reference given: 'Südöstlich vom Victoria-Nyansa'].
Body length:  32 - 34 mm

  Distribution: Uganda, Tanzania 
Lifezone: Afrotropical 
 

Tefflus meyerlei ssp. giganteus  Sternberg, 1910

[= Tefflus sexangulatus Sternberg, 1910]

[= Tefflus megerli Duvivier, 1892]

 

  Information: The subspecies giganteus was described by Sternberg in 1910 from Congo[reference given: 'Congostaat'].

Body length: 44 - 55 mm 

  Distribution: Cameroon, (Chad??), Congo (Brazzaville), DR Congo, Gabon, Republic Central Africa, South Sudan, Sudan

Lifezone: Afrotropical 

Tefflus meyerlei ssp. hacquardi  Chaudoir, 1883

[= Tefflus planicostis Sternberg, 1910]

[= Tefflus vicinus Sternberg, 1910]

 

  Information: The subspecies hacquardi was described by Chaudoir in 1883 from Tanzania [reference given: 'Zanguebar '].

Body length: 40 - 50 mm 

  Distribution: DR Congo , Kenya , Tanzania , Malawi , Mozambique, Zambia
Lifezone: Afrotropical