Mormotus clavaticercus Karsch, 1891

Material examined. Liberia, Lofa County, Wologizi Mts., Base Camp Forest (611m) 20.XI-1.XII.2017 (MV Light Trap), M. Aristophanous, S. Safian, G. Simonics, L. Smith (1♂ parasitized, 1♀) ; Côte d’Ivoire, Abidjan, Banco Forest (Banco PN) (39-48m) (MV Light Trap) 21-30.IV.2017, A. Aristophanous, M. Aristophanous, M. Geiser, P. Moretto (3♂) ; Côte d’Ivoire, Abidjan, Banco Forest ( Banco PN) (39-48m) (gen. coll.) 21.IV-1.V.2017, A. Aristophanous, M. Aristophanous, M. Geiser, P. Moretto (1♂, 2♀) (ANHRT) ; Côte d’Ivoire, Taï National Park, Res. Station 23.III.2017 (light), P. Moretto (1♂) ; Côte d’Ivoire, Taï National Park, Res. Station 21.III-4.IV.2017 (light), P. Annoyer, B. Massa, P. Moretto (4♂) ; Côte d’Ivoire, Mt. Tonkoui, 24-27.XI.2014, 20.VI.2015, 12-16.III.2017, 31.X.2018, 14.XI.2018, 22.XII.2018, 5.I:2019, 3.VI.2019, 30.VII.2019 (light), P. Moretto (11♂, 3♀) (BMPC).

Distribution. Previously known from Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia and Ghana (Naskrecki 2008), here recorded also from Côte d’Ivoire.