Diaphanosoma excisum Sars, 1885

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 : 9

Diaphanosoma excisum Sars, 1885

Distribution in Côte d’Ivoire: Ayame Lake I ( Yté et al. 1982 1983); Agro-pastoral reservoirs in the northern Côte d’Ivoire ( Aka et al. 2000); Ebrie Lagoon (Aghien, Layo) ( Arfi et al. 1987; Legendre et al. 1987; Aka et al. 2016a b); Ayame Lake I, Bia and Agnebi Rivers ( Ouattara et al. 2007); the Comoé River (Comoé National Park) ( Yao et al. 2015); Tendo-Ehy-Aby lagoonal system ( Monney et al. 2015); the Bagoe River ( N’da et al. 2015); Buyo Lake ( Yté et al. 1996; Kouamé et al. 2018); Fish ponds at Gagnoa ( Amian et al. 2018); Sassandra river main stem, Davo and Lobo Rivers ( Kouamé et al. 2018); Fresco Lagoon ( Etilé et al. 2018).

Synonyms: Diaphanosoma paucispinosum Brehm 1933 .

World distribution: D. excisum is found in the tropics and subtropics of the eastern hemisphere ( Korovchinsky 2004). It is widely distributed in the old world ( Kotov et al. 2013a), and species have been reported in the Afrotropical, Australasian, Oriental, and Palaearctic regions ( Kotov et al. 2013b).