18. Cleopatra elata Dautzenberg & Germain, 1914

Distribution and year: Chobe River near Ihaha [SMWN76352] 1986 (Brown et al. 1992); Okavango River downstream of Drotsky’s Cabin [SMWN76989, 76993] 1996 (SMWN 2024); Nxamaseri airstrip drift, Okavango [SMWN76261] 1984 (Brown et al. 1992); Okavango Delta 1999, 2000 (Jansen van Rensburg 2001); Upper panhandle, Okavango Delta 2000 (Jansen van Rensburg 2001; Appleton et al. 2003), 2003 (Dallas & Mosepele 2007), 2018 (GBIF 2023 b).

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

Habitat: Freshwater.

Notes: This is a common species in the Okavango River system, East Caprivi, Zambezi River system, as well as the Lualaba/ Congo river system (Appleton et al. 2010 b). Found in various habitats such as rivers, streams, water channels and lagoons (Appleton et al. 2003).

Type locality: Lualaba River at Bulongo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (Dautzenberg & Germain 1914) .

Sources: Brown et al. (1992: 25); Jansen van Rensburg (2001: 29); Appleton (2002: 81); Appleton et al. (2003: 58–68); Dallas & Mosepele (2007: 4).

Conservation status: Least Concern.