Limnohalacarus africanus, Walter, 1935

Limnohalacarus africanus View in CoL .

Characters (according to Walter 1935, Green 1984 and Bartsch 2013a): Length 330 µm, OC and gland pore-bearing sclerite separated, ventral plates separated, GA of female with 8–9 (up to 12 according to Green 1984) pairs of gac and three pairs of pgs, its genital sclerites with two pairs of sgs; L:W of female gnathosoma 1.6:1 ( Walter 1935: p. 74), but distinctly less in the deutonymph ( Walter 1935: fig. 4), none of setae on tibiae I bipectinate, pectines on claws I J-shaped and bearing numerous long tines. Distribution: Burkina Faso ( Upper Volta) (well at Banfora) ( Walter 1935), West Cameroon (Debundska Lake) ( Green et al. 1974), South Sudan (Lake No) ( Green 1984).