Belonogaster brunnea brunnea Ritsema, 1874

Belonogaster brunneus Ritsema, 1874: 177, 202, ♀ – “Neder-Guinea” [labeled “ Congo ” (= Congo River)] (RMNH).

Belonogaster distinguendus Kohl, 1894: 322, 323 (key), 328, 335, pl. 15 figs 79-81, 94, pl. 16 fig. 98, pl. 17 fig. 141, ♀, ♂ – “Westafrika: Chutes de Samlia, Riv. N. Gamio, Mocquereys Gran Bana” (lectotype male NHMW).

Material examined. CAMEROON: prov. Sud, Dep. Ocean, ca. 48 km NE Kribi (small river, road N7), 7.II.1995, leg. E. Aistleitner, 1♂ (OLML) . GUINEA: Monts Nimba, Lola, 7.6943N 8.4018W, 8.VII.2004, leg. M. Halada, 1♂ 2♀ (OLML) . IVORY COAST: Man, Mont Tonkoui, 1000-1200 m, 9.II.1998, leg. Kassebeer & Hilger, 1♀ (MSVI) .

Distribution. Guinea *, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast *, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon *, Bioko, Gabon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo, Rwanda, Burundi.