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This page reports the specimens in the MUSSELpdb and provides a map if geocodes are known. The taxonomic history reports the record of different names and combinations that have been applied to this species (and its synonyms) since 2007.

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species Coelatura hypsiprymna (Martens, 1897): specimens
4 nominal species as synonyms

Taxonomic History (since 2007)

Coelatura hypsiprymna — Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Ortiz-Sepulveda et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021)

Range: Lake Malawi, Malawi and Tanzania.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens
species map

Malawi
ANSP_367315 Nkhata Bay, Lake Malawi, Nkhata bay District 11° 37’ S; 34° 17’ E	ANSP_367316 Lions Cove, Lake Malawi, Nkhata Bay District 11° 25’ S; 34° 15’ E	MNHN_MP_1385 Shire River, E Africa
IRSNB_MP_0247 Silongwe, Brit. Central Africa	MCZ_89068 Shire River, near Lake Nyasa, Nyasaland
Tanzania
ANSP_146220 Wiedhofen, L. Nyassa, Africa	ZMB_104808A Mbampa Bucht, Malawisee, Tanzania	ZMB_104808B Mbampa Bucht, Malawisee, Tanzania

Genbank Vouchers

Malawi

UGSB_15873 (21860) (COI, 16S, 28S, H3) Malawi: Lake Malawi (12.92552 S 34.29539 E)

UGSB_186 (6944) (COI, 16S, 28S, H3) Malawi: Lake Malawi (13.98641 S 34.51880 E)

UGSB_15540 (21570) (COI, 16S, 28S, H3) Malawi: Shire River (14.06407 S 34.92632 E)

UGSB_222 (6927) (COI, 16S, 28S, H3) Malawi: Lake Malawi (9.89932 S 33.94370 E)

UGSB_16266 (22109) (COI, 16S, 28S, H3) Malawi: Lake Malawi (13.751871 S 34.608138 E)

UGSB_197 (6938) (COI, 16S, 28S, H3) Malawi: Lake Malawi (10.21013 S 34.09455 E)

UGSB_222 (6947) (COI, 16S, 28S, H3) Malawi: Lake Malawi (9.89932 S 33.94370 E)

UGSB_186 (6943) (COI, 16S, 28S, H3) Malawi: Lake Malawi (13.98641 S 34.51880 E)

UGSB_108 (6936) (COI, 16S, 28S, H3) Malawi: Lake Malawi (10.43597 S 34.26420 E)

Mp_4101_22129 (COI, 16S, 28S, H3) Malawi: Shire River (14.511502 S 35.261801 E)

UGSB_1284 (21859) (COI, 16S, 28S, H3) Malawi: Lake Malawi (14.05723 S 34.91818 E)

UGSB_15874 (21861) (COI, 16S, 28S, H3) Malawi: Lake Malawi (12.92552 S 34.29539 E)

UGSB_15539 (21569) (COI, 16S, 28S, H3) Malawi: Shire River (15.02756 S 35.22412 E)

UGSB_15869 (21855) (COI, 16S, 28S, H3) Malawi: Shire River (14.45179 S 35.24633 E)

Mp_4101_22130 (COI, 16S, 28S, H3) Malawi: Shire River (14.511502 S 35.261801 E)

UGSB_186 (6946) (COI, 16S, 28S, H3) Malawi: Lake Malawi (13.98641 S 34.51880 E)

UGSB_15871 (21857) (COI, 16S, 28S, H3) Malawi: Lake Malawi (14.08952 S 34.93096 E)

UGSB_220 (6926) (COI, 16S, 28S, H3) Malawi: Lake Malawi (9.89932 S 33.94370 E)

UGSB_15872 (21858) (COI, 16S, 28S, H3) Malawi: Lake Malawi (14.08952 S 34.93096 E)

UGSB_15868 (21853) (COI, 16S, 28S) Malawi: Lake Malawi (13.98641 S 34.51880 E)

UGSB_15867 (21852) (COI, 16S, 28S) Malawi: Lake Malawi (13.98641 S 34.51880 E)

Mp_4101_22122 (COI, 16S) Malawi: Lake Malawi (14.39049 S 35.2189 E)

Tanzania

UGSB_17435 (22934) (COI, 16S) Tanzania: Lake Malawi (11.278167 S 34.8 E)

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