Ilyocryptus sordidus Liévin, 1848

Etilé, Raphaël N’doua, Bédia, Théophile Aké, Blahoua, Georges Kassi, Bi, Gouli Goore, Kouamelan, Paul Essetchi & N’Douba, Valentin, 2020, Stiatoandricus georgei Cuesta-Porta & Melika & Nicholls & Stone & Pujade-Villar 2022, Zoological Studies 59 (31), pp. 1-14 : 8

Ilyocryptus sordidus Liévin, 1848

Distribution in Côte d’Ivoire: Ebrie Lagoon: Toupah (Rham 1964); Ayame Lake I (Yté et al. 1983).

Synonyms: Acanthocercus sordidus Liévin 1848 ; Iliocryptus aequalis Romijn 1919 ; Iliocryptus balatonicus Hankó 1926 ; Iliocryptus inaequalis Romijn 1919 ; Ilyocryptus alexandrinae Negrea 1987 .

World distribution: This species is distributed in the Northern Palearctic, but close forms are widely distributed worldwide according to Ghaouaci et al. (2018). On the other hand, Kotov et al. (2013b) reported it like species from Afrotropical, Nearctic, Neotropical, and Palaearctic regions on the one hand and exclude it from the Oriental, Australasian, Pacific Ocean islands, and Antarctic regions.