98. Isohypsibius granulifer Thulin, 1928 sensu lato [F]

Hypsibius (I.) granulifer Thulin, 1928 (Haspeslagh 1982)

Terra typica: Sweden (Europe)

Ivory Coast:

• 06°51′N, 06°27′W; 250 m asl: Haut-Sassandra Region, between the rivers Bandama and Sassandra, Daloa (road to Issia), pond in the jungle. Marcus (1933)

Kenya:

• 00°09′S, 37°18′E; 4,345 m asl: Nyeri County, Mount Kenya National Park, Mount Kenya, Oblong Tarn, shore, sediments and gravel. Haspeslagh (1982)

• 00°09′S, 37°18′E; 4,485 m asl: Nyeri County, Mount Kenya National Park, Mount Kenya, Nanyuki Tarn, shore, silt with plant debris and sandy gravel. Haspeslagh (1982)

• 00°09′S, 37°19′E; 4,439 m asl: Meru County, Mount Kenya National Park, Mount Kenya, Lower Kami Tarn, shore, sediments. Haspeslagh (1982)

• 00°10′S, 37°18′E; 4,270 m asl: Nyeri County, Mount Kenya National Park, Mount Kenya, Teleki Tarn, small effluent and shallow pond, silt, sediments and sandy gravel. Haspeslagh (1982)

• 00°10′S, 37°19′E; 4,310 m asl: Meru County, Mount Kenya National Park, Mount Kenya, Upper Thompson Tarn, shore, sediments. Haspeslagh (1982)

Record numbers. Ivory Coast: 1; Kenya: 5; total: 6.

Remarks. The Holarctic distribution of this species suggests the single locality in Brazil (Kaczmarek et al. 2014) and the African records could belong to another species. The original species description (Thulin 1928) requires a modern re-description of type material.