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In this article, I analysed the biogeographical distribution and the historical origin of freshwater fish of the Ethiopian Rift Valley (ERV) region which is not a homogeneous area. The Ethiopian region, including Eritrea and part of Somalia, includes 13 basins as geographical units. A comparison was carried out with four Near East geographical units. A correspondence analysis was applied to presence–absence data for the 17 basins × 170 species’ matrix. Then, a faunistic distance (Euclidian distance) between basins was computed from the coordinates of factors retained in this new analysis. From this faunistic distance, a hierarchical cluster analysis was performed and a dendrogram produced by a UGPMA classification. The old Abyssinian ichthyo-province (sensu Roberts, Zool J Linn Soc 57:249–319, 1975) was not homogeneous in species composition. I distinguished four main groups based on the present species composition which seemed to be mainly influenced by historical events. The species composition of the ERV basins was not randomly distributed and can be classified into four main geographical units. The importance of the historical events was demonstrated and two origins can be considered. The westernmost basins are under Nilo-Sudan influence whereas the easternmost ones seem to have been colonised from the Near East. In this Eastern part it can be distinguished three different groups: the main ERV province and two derived sub-regions, Lake Tana with a Labeobarbus intermedius related species flock and the Coastal Red Sea, characterised by a very impoverished freshwater fish fauna.

Dans ce travail, l’auteur fait une révision taxonomique des sept espèces à larves haematophages, connues actuellement dans le genre Auchmeromyia Brauer & Bergenstamm, sur la base de la genitalia mâle de celles-ci. Pour la première fois il présent le type de structure du phallosome du genre, les clés d’identifications et les descriptions complètes des espèces, et donne les images réelles des genitalia mâles pour chaque espèce. Seulement Auchmeromyia reidi Zumpt, 1959 est restée dans une situation taxonomique incertaine, parce que les types de cette espèce sont introuvables jusqu’à présent., Na temelju genitalnog organa mužjaka, autor je izvršio taksonomsku reviziju sedam vrsta roda Auchmeromyia Brauer & Bergenstamm u kojem su poznate hematofagne ličinke. Prvi put je prikazana struktura phallosome u tom rodu, daje se ključ za identifikaciju i potpuni opis vrsta, te crteži genitalnih organa mužjaka svake vrste. Samo za vrstu Auchmeromyia reidi Zumpt, 1959 nije određen taksonomski položaj jer autor nije mogao pronaći tipske primjerke., In this work, the author make a taxonomic revision of the seven species with larvae haematophages, known in the genus Auchmeromyia Brauer & Bergenstamm, on the basis of male genitalia of those. For the first time it present the type of structure of the phallosome of the genus, the keys of identifications and complete descriptions of the species and gives the illustrations of the male genitalia for each species. Only Auchmeromyia reidi Zumpt, 1959 remained in a dubious taxonomic situation, because the types of this species are untraceable until now.

Summary. -The authors wish to report occurrence of Liriomyza sativae in Sudan and Cameroon. This is an extension of the species in the Ethiopian region where, for the first time, serious damages are noted. Informations are given for the geographical distribution, and hostplants for this species as well as for the other harmful Liriomyza species in Africa., Résumé. -Les auteurs signalent la présence de Liriomyza sativae Blanchard au Soudan et au Cameroun. Ceci correspond à une extension géographique de l'espèce dans la région éthiopienne où, pour la première fois, des dégâts sérieux sont notés. Des informations sont données sur la distribution et les plantes-hôtes de ce ravageur, de même que sur les autres espèces de Liriomyza nuisibles en Afrique., Martinez Michel, Bordat Dominique. Note sur la présence de Liriomyza sativae Blanchard au Soudan et au Cameroun (Diptera, Agromyzidae). In: Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France, volume 101 (1), avril 1996. pp. 71-73.

Rickenbach André. Notes complémentaires sur deux Calliphorini de la région éthiopienne et description d'un Chrysomyia nouveau [Dipt. Calliphoridae]. In: Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France, volume 64 (9-10), Novembre-décembre 1959. pp. 232-236.