Ilyocryptus spinifer Herrick, 1882

Etilé, Raphaël N’doua, Bédia, Théophile Aké, Blahoua, Georges Kassi, Bi, Gouli Goore, Kouamelan, Paul Essetchi & N’Douba, Valentin, 2020, Stiatoandricus georgei Cuesta-Porta & Melika & Nicholls & Stone & Pujade-Villar 2022, Zoological Studies 59 (31), pp. 1-14 : 8

Ilyocryptus spinifer Herrick, 1882

Distribution in Côte d’Ivoire: Ebrie Lagoon (Dabou, Eloka, Bengerville) (Rham 1964); Ayame Lake I (Yté et al. 1983); Buyo Lake ( Yté et al. 1996; Kouamé et al. 2018); Sassandra River main stem ( Kouamé et al. 2018).

Synonyms: Ilyocryptus halyi Brady 1886 : Ilyocryptus longiremis Sars 1888 ; Acanthocercus immundus Ihering 1895 ; Iliocryptus verrucosus Daday 1905 ; Iliocryptus tetraspinatus Bergamin 1939 .

World distribution: Ilyocryptus spinifer is signaled as widely distributed in the tropics and subtropics ( Kotov and Dumont 2000). On the other hand, Kotov et al. (2013b) reported it to be like species from Afrotropical, Australasian, Nearctic, Neotropical, Oriental, Pacific Ocean islands, and Palaearctic regions, and excludes only the Antarctic region. According to Sousa and Elmoor-Loureiro (2019), I. spinifer is a cosmopolitan species with high ecological plasticity.