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species Prisodontopsis mweruensis (E.A. Smith, 1908): specimens
3 available nominal species synonyms (4 total synonyms)

Recent Taxonomic Opinions

Mweruella mweruensis — Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Ortiz-Sepulveda et al. (2020)
Prisodontopsis mweruensis — Graf et al. (2014), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Coelatura mweruensis — Bolotov et al. (2017), Bolotov et al. (2017), Huang et al. (2019)

Range

Endemic to the Lake Mweru Basin and the Lower Luapula in the Upper Congo of Africa.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens

species map

Congo (DRC)

ANSP_133836 Kachiobwe	SMF_10090 Kashiobwe am Mweru See Belg. Kongo	MNHN_MP_1382 Katanga
MRAC_613918 Kilwa, Lac Moero	ANSP_133834 L. Moero, Lukonzolwa	IRSNB_MP_0257 Lac Moero ... Kilwa
IRSNB_MP_0256 Lac Moero a Lukonzolwa	MRAC_55530 Lac Moero a Lukonzolwa	MRAC_55550 Lac Moero a Lukonzolwa
MRAC_56157 Lac Moero a Lukonzolwa	MRAC_55524 Lac Moero entre Kilwa et l’Ile Kilwa	MRAC_MP_0004 Lac Moero entre Kilwa et Mobanga
IRSNB_MP_0249 Lac Moero riv E de la ... a l’ile Nkole	IRSNB_MP_0765 Lac Moero, Lukonzolwa	MRAC_55519 Lac Moero: Kilwa
MRAC_55511 Lac Moero: Lukonzolwa	MRAC_56160 Lac Moero: Lukonzolwa	MRAC_56203 Lac Moero: Lukonzolwa
MRAC_56205 Lac Moero: Lukonzolwa	MRAC_55514 Lac Moero: Pweto	MRAC_56159 Lac Moero: Pweto
MRAC_56187 Lac Moero: Pweto	MRAC_55528 Lac Moero... Kilwa	MRAC_55548 Lac Moero... Kilwa
MRAC_56201 Lac Moero... Kilwa	IRSNB_MP_0254 Lac Moero... Lukonzolwa	MRAC_55525 Lac Moero... Lukonzolwa
MRAC_55529 Lac Moero... Lukonzolwa	MRAC_55533 Lac Moero... Lukonzolwa	MRAC_55535 Lac Moero... Lukonzolwa
MRAC_55539 Lac Moero... Lukonzolwa	MRAC_55546 Lac Moero... Lukonzolwa	MRAC_55547 Lac Moero... Lukonzolwa
MRAC_56206 Lac Moero... Lukonzolwa	MRAC_56200 Lac Moero... Mobanga	MCZ_109805 Lake Moero, Pweto, Belgian Congo
MCZ_88963 Lake Moero, Pweto, Belgian Congo	SMF_10089 Lokonzolwa am Mweru See Belg. Kongo	IRSNB_MP_0764 Luapula a Kasenga
IRSNB_MP_0776 Luapula a Kasenga	IRSNB_MP_0251 Luapula a Kashiobwa	MRAC_56170 Luapula a Kashiobwa
MRAC_56175 Luapula a Kashiobwa	SMF_10088 Luapula Fluss bei Katanga, Belg. Kongo	IRSNB_MP_0252 Luapula pres de Kasenga
MCZ_109885 Luapula River, Kasenga, Katanga, Belgian Congo	ANSP_133835 Luapula, River, Kasenga, Belgian Congo	MCZ_160973 Lukushi River, Manono (Katanga), Belgian Congo
MRAC_292905 Manono	MRAC_763088 Manono	MRAC_613985 Muluvia (Katanga)
IRSNB_MP_0250 Riv. Luapula a Kasenga	IRSNB_MP_0748 Riv. Luapula a Kasenga	MRAC_55532 Riv. Luapula a Kasenga
MRAC_55544 Riv. Luapula a Kasenga	MRAC_56145 Riv. Luapula a Kasenga	MRAC_56145 Riv. Luapula a Kasenga
MRAC_56146 Riv. Luapula a Kasenga	MRAC_56148 Riv. Luapula a Kasenga	MRAC_56150 Riv. Luapula: Kasenga
MRAC_56153 Riv. Luapula: Kasenga	MRAC_56162 Riv. Luapula: Kasenga	MRAC_56164 Riv. Luapula: Kasenga
MRAC_56189 Riv. Luapula: Kasenga	MRAC_56204 Riv. Luapula: Kasenga	MRAC_56207 Riv. Luapula: Kasenga
IRSNB_MP_0253 rive. Luapula a Kasenga	IRSNB_MP_0258 rive. Luapula a Kasenga

unknown

MRAC_792822 Congo: Katanga, Lac Moero	MRAC_201240 Lac Moero	MRAC_201242 Lac Moero
MRAC_201243 Lac Moero	MRAC_201245 Lac Moero	MRAC_20241 Lac Moero
MRAC_621651 Lac Moero	MNHN_MP_1067 Lac Moero, Katanga	MNHN_MP_1067 Lac Moero, Katanga
MRAC_55549 Lac Moero...	FMNH_115981 Lake Moero, Kasenga, Belgian Congo, Africa	MNHN_MP_1071 Lake Moero, Katanga, Belgium Congo
BMNH_1907-11-11-33 Lake Mweru	BMNH_1907-11-11-34 Lake Mweru	BMNH_1907-11-11-34 Lake Mweru
BMNH_93-8-23-102-103 Lake Mweru

BMNH_1907-11-11-35-49. Lake Mweru

Zambia

INHS_33673 Kalungu River, bridge on Kasama-Mbesuma Ranch Road (D18), Zambia	UA_20952 Lake Mweru, N side Kamanda Island, Zambia	UA_20953 Lake Mweru, N side Kamanda Island, Zambia
UMMZ_304377 Lake Mweru, N side Kamanda Island, Zambia	UMMZ_304378 Lake Mweru, N side Kamanda Island, Zambia	ANSP_416255 Lake Mweru, Nchelenge, 900 m stretch of beach near fisheries station, Zambia
ANSP_416270 Lake Mweru, near Nchelenge, from Kashikishi to c. 1 km S along beach, Zambia	MRAC_55579 Riv. Luapula... a Mukumbwa

Georeferenced Genbank Vouchers

Zambia

UMMZ_304377-Ht. (28S: KJ081189, COI: KJ081174, go to Genbank) Lake Mweru, N side Kamanda Island, Zambia.

UMMZ_304377-Iu. (28S: KJ081190, COI: KJ081175, go to Genbank) ditto.

UMMZ_304377-Jv. (28S: KJ081191, COI: KJ081176, go to Genbank) ditto.

UMMZ_304378-Fu. (28S: KJ081192, COI: KJ081175, go to Genbank) ditto.

UMMZ_304378-Jw. (28S: KJ081191, COI: KJ081177, go to Genbank) ditto.

UMMZ_304378-Jx. (28S: KJ081191, COI: KJ081178, go to Genbank) ditto.