37. Lobogenes michaelis Pilsbry & Bequaert, 1927

Distribution and year: Kwando River floodplain at Singalamwe [ETD4350] 1986 (Brown et al. 1992); Okavango Delta 2000 (Jansen van Rensburg 2001).

Geographic range: Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Namibia, Zambia.

Habitat: Freshwater.

Notes: The species has a limited and patchy distribution in Southern Africa, and is facing threats due to unsustainable water extraction from the Kafue River, Zambia (Kristensen et al. 2009).

Type locality: At the source of Kimililo River near Élisabethville (Lubumbashi), Democratic Republic of the Congo (Pilsbry & Bequaert 1927) .

Sources: Jansen van Rensburg (2001: 29); Kristensen et al. (2009: 40).

Conservation status: Varies from IUCN Near Threatened (JØrgensen 2010) to regionally endangered (Kristensen et al. 2009). More data are needed for its proper assessment.