Branchinella (Branchinellites) chudeaui (Daday, 1910)

Sainz-Escudero, Lucía, Alonso, Miguel & Sánchez-Vialas, Alberto, 2022, Diversity and distribution of Anostraca in temporary ponds in Western Africa with description of a new species of Streptocephalus Baird, 1852 (Pancrustacea: Branchiopoda: Streptocephalidae), Zootaxa 5213 (4), pp. 388-412 : 405-406

Branchinella (Branchinellites) chudeaui (Daday, 1910)

Branchinellites chudeaui Daday, 1910b: 256 [Terra typica: Bassin du Moyen Niger, Simbidissi. Syntypes at the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris ( Linder, 1941) and D1912-93, I/A-73 at the Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest; Belk & Brtek 1995].

Branchinella chudeaui (Daday, 1910) : Linder 1941: 270.

Material examined. Seven males, 23 females, from Senegal: Matam, Tilagne Tokkosel , 31 m, 15 º 58′13.40″N 13 º 36′48.42″W, 17-VIII-2015 ; MNCN 20.04 /20454–20.04/20483. Five males, from Senegal: Matam, Tilagne Tokkosel , 31 m, 15 º 58′12.13″N 13 º 36′39.27″W, 17-VIII-2015 ; MNCN 20.04 /20484–20.04/20488. Fifty-seven individuals, not sexed, Senegal: Matam, Tilagne Tokkosel , 31 m, 15 º 58′13.40″N 13 º 36′48.42″W, 17-VIII-2015 ; MNCN 20.04 /20489–20.04/20545 ( Table 2 ) .

Published records. Chad: “Guelta de Koub Basso, mountain massif of Ennedi ( Monod 1969). Mali-Niger: Bassin du Moyen-Niger, Simbidissi ( Daday1910b). Senegal: Ndilla, close to Linguère ( Monod 1969); Tambacounda, Poull Koz, 40 or 50 km northeast from the oriental edge of British Gambia ( Gauthier 1951); Tambacounda, Poull Bourgou, in the forest savanna that extends to southwest of Tambacounda ( Gauthier 1951).

Geographic distribution. Reported from Chad, Gambia, Mali-Niger and Senegal ( Daday 1910b; Gauthier 1951; Monod 1969; Belk & Brtek 1995, 1997; Rogers et al. 2013).

Remarks. The type locality of this species is currently dubious, as “Bassin du Moyen-Niger, Simbidissi could be either in Mali or Niger. Branchinella chudeaui was described within Branchinellites on the basis of gonopodal traits, which are lacking in Branchinella s. str ( Daday 1910b; Rogers 2006; Rogers et al. 2013).