Matskási István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 98. (Budapest 2006)

Gattolliat, J.-L. ; Sartori, M.: The mayflies of Ghana (Insecta: Ephemeroptera)

HEPTAGENIIDAE Afronurus cf. collarti (NAVÀS, 1930) Adenophlebia collarti NAVÀS, 1930 (orig.) Afronurus collarti: DEMOULIN (1956) (comb.) Material examined - GHANA: Ashanti Region, Kumasi, 1 °36'W, 6°43'N, 293 m, 1 S, 02.07. 1967 (G230), S. ENDRŐDY-YOUNGA. Diagnostic features - We consider here A. collarti as species propria and, as already stated by PUTHZ (1971), we do not follow the synonymy proposed by DEMOULIN (1956) with A. pulcher ULMER, 1930. Because of the different shape of the female genital plate [compare fig. 4d in DEMOULIN (1956) and fig. 28 in ULMER (1930)] the Abyssinian and Congo specimens cannot belong to the same species. Fifteen species of Afronurus LESTAGE, 1924 are known from continental Africa. According to SCHOONBEE (1968), the single specimen from Ghana belongs to the A. peringueyi (ESBEN-PETERSEN, 1913) group, based on the inner sclerite of the penis longer than the outer one. It is very close to the redescription of A. collarti proposed by DEMOULIN (1956), in both the shape of the genitalia as well as general colouration and marking. Some uncertainty remains due to the scarcity of the available material. Distribution - Afronurus collarti was described based on one male and two females from Stanleyville, Congo (nowadays Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo), and as far as we are aware of, has never been mentioned since that time. If our identification is correct, the Ghana material extends its distribution far to the West. This species is new for Ghana. Compsoneuria njalensis (KlMMINS, 1937) Afronurus njalensis KlMMINS, 1937 (orig.) Notonurus njalensis: DEMOULIN (1956) (comb.) Compsoneuriella njalensis: GILLIES (1963) (comb.) Compsoneuria njalensis: BRAASCH & SOLDÀN (1986) (comb.) Thalerosphyrus njalensis: MCCAFFERTY (2003) (comb.) Compsoneuria njalensis: WEBB et al. (2006) (comb.) Material examined - GHANA: Brong-Abafo Region, Volta, Black Volta river at Bui camp, 2°15'W, 8°17'N, 106 m, 1 cT, 16.11.1965 (GÍ 00); Ashanti Region, Kumasi, 1°36'W, 6°43'N, 293 m, 1 ?, 25.06.1969 (G376); Northern Region, Banda-Nkwanta, 2°09'W, 8°22'N, 122 m, 1 o, 07.10.1965 (G089); same locality, 1 S, 05.09.1965 (G071); 1 $, 21.09.1965 (G081). All collected by S. ENDRŐDY-YOUNGA.