Lanista africana (Walker, 1871)

Material examined. Sierra Leone, Loma Mts., Closed-canopy for. (1050m) (light trap) 7-10.VI.2016, H. Takano, W. Miles, R. Goff (1♀) ; Côte d’Ivoire, Mt. Tonkoui Peak (1171m) 9-16.IV.2016 (light Trap), M. Aristophanous, P. Moretto (1♀) ; Côte d’Ivoire, Mt. Tonkoui Peak (1171m) 20-27.V.2018 (MV Light Trap), M. Aristophanous, W. Miles, P. Moretto, Y. Outtara (1♂) (ANHRT) ; Côte d’Ivoire, Lamto Res. Station, Bandama river 3.VII.1962 (light) (1♀) ; same locality 24.VII.1962 (light) (1♀); Côte d’Ivoire, Man, Mt. Tonkoui (1171m) 19.II.2017 (light) (1♀) , 1.IV.2017 (light) (1♂, 1♀), 22.IV.2018 (light) (1♂); Ghana, Kalande IX.1982, P. Butti (1♀) (BMPC).

Distribution. Naskrecki & Guta (2019) have reinstated this taxon, which results to be present only in West Africa (Guinea and Ghana); here it is recorded also from Sierra Leone and Côte d’Ivoire.