Halictus abessinicus Friese, 1915: 268, 280, female holotype (ZMHB) Ethiopia; Blüthgen 1929b: 33–34; Cockerell 1933i: 359; Cockerell 1937k: 49, 59, 107; Cockerell 1939k: 596; Cockerell 1945a: 808; Anonymous 1958: 30; Rasmussen and Ascher 2008: 19.
Zonalictus abessinicus (Friese): Michener 1978b: 514; Pauly 1999a: 147, 171.

Lectotype female: Ethiopia, Harar, leg. Kristensen (MNHUB), Illustrated here.