Discovery of the first representative of the genus Speocyclops (Crustacea, Copepoda) in Africa south of the Sahara (Speocyclops transsaharicus n. sp.)

E. Lamoot ¹, H. J. Dumont ¹ & J. Pensaert ¹
Rev. Hydrobiol. trop., 14 (1): 53-57 (1981)

The first representative of Speocyclops in Africa south of the Sahara (S. transsaharicus) is described from a shallow, temporary pool in the forest zone of western Ivory Coast. Biogeographically, its discovery stresses the close faunal relationship that must have existed between Europe and West Africa in pre-Pleistocene times.

1. Rijkuniversiteit Gent, Laboratoria voor Morfologie en Systematick K.L.
Ledeganckstraat, 35, B-9000 Belgium; e-mail: Henri.Dumont@rug.ac.be

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