Arrenurus (Micruracarus) tubifer Walter, 1922

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Arrenurus (Micruracarus) tubifer Walter, 1922

Material examined. BOTSWANA.1/0/0, ditch along Okavango swamp at Drotsky’s Camp , south of Shakawe, Botswana, 18° 25’ 24,2” S 21° 53’ 28,17” E, 23-vii-1996 . ETHIOPIA. 1 (unsclerotized)/3 (two unsclerotized)/0, swamp S of Lake Langano , 7° 31.951 N 38° 41.557 E, alt. 1580 m a.s.l., 7-xi-2006 .

Remarks. Previously known from Sudan, Algeria, Congo (K. Viets 1953) and Mozambique (K.O. Viets 1971).