Pupoides calaharicus (O. Boettger, 1886 )

Rapalai, Boikhutso Lerato, 2024, An annotated checklist of molluscs recorded from Botswana, Indago: Investigating nature and humanity in Africa (Oxford, England) 41 (10), pp. 15-44 : 30

55. Pupoides calaharicus (O. Boettger, 1886)

Distribution and year: Dekar 1961 (van Bruggen 1963); Koanaka Hills 1965 (van Bruggen 1966 a); Aha Hills 1965 (van Bruggen 1966 a), Dobe 1965 (van Bruggen 1966 a); Francistown 2016 ( GBIF 2023 b).

Geographic range: Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe.

Habitat: Terrestrial.

Notes: The species occurs in the arid regions of the Kalahari towards the subtropical regions of Mozambique and to the Eastern Cape in South Africa ( Herbert & Kilburn 2004). The molluscs prefer sheltered habitats under logs and rocks. Some authors treated P. minusculus and P. calaharicus as different species ( Connolly 1912; van Bruggen 1966 a).

Type locality: “ Ghous in the Southern Kalahari ”, South Africa ( Boettger 1886) .

Sources: Connolly (1912: 177, as Leucochiloides minusculus , a fossil record; 1939: 395); van Bruggen (1963: 262, as Pupoides minusculus ; 1966 a: 104); Herbert & Kilburn (2004: 105); Govender (2007: 150); GBIF (2023 b).

Conservation status: Not Evaluated.