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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 luapulaensis (Preston, 1913): specimens
2 nominal species as synonyms

Taxonomic History (since 2007)

Coelatura luapulaensis — Graf & Cummings (2007), IUCN (2010), Bogan (2010), Graf & Cummings (2011), Graf et al. (2014), Ortiz-Sepulveda et al. (2020), Graf & Cummings (2021)
Coelatura mweruensis — Bolotov et al. (2017)

Range: Upper Congo Basin, above Lake Mweru, Zambia and DRC.

Map of Georeferenced Specimens
species map

Congo (DRC)
MRAC_55981 riv Lubumbashi Elisabethville	MRAC_55985 riv Lubumbashi Elisabethville	MRAC_55987 riv Lubumbashi Elisabethville
IRSNB_MP_0248 Riv. Lubumbashi a Elizabethville	MRAC_60641 Luapula a Kasenga	MRAC_55523 Riv. Lubumbashi, Elisabethville
MNHN_MP_1066 La Luapula, a Kasenga	MRAC_55978 riv Lubumbashi Elisabethville	MRAC_55980 riv Lubumbashi Elisabethville
Zambia
MRAC_791836 Kasengo riv	BMNH_1913-7-30-24 confluence of the Lukulu and Luapula rivers, Belgian Congo	UMMZ_110075 confluence of Lukuga [sic] and Luapula rivers, Belgian Congo
SMF_10387 Luapula Uberang der Strasse Fort Roseberry a Elisabethville, N. Rhodesien	ANSP_419707 Chambeshi River, Mbesuma Ranch Pontoon, c. 5 km W Mbesuma Ranch on Kasama-Mbesuma Ranch Road, Zambia	ANSP_419704 Kalungu River, bridge on Kasama-Mbesuma Ranch Road (D18), Zambia
ANSP_A21404 Chambeshi River, Sawfa Pontoon, 6.3 km E Mpika-Kasama raod (M1), Zambia	ANSP_416247 Kalungu River, bridge on Kasama-Mbesuma Ranch road (D18), Zambia	ANSP_419700 Chambeshi River, Sawfa Pontoon, 6.3. km E Mpika-Kasama road (M1), Zambia
ANSP_416245 Chambeshi River, Mbesuma Ranch Pontoon, c. 5 km W Mbesuma Ranch on Kasama-Mbesumba Ranch road, Zambia	INHS_33666 Chambeshi River, Sawfa Pontoon, 6.3. km E Mpika-Kasama road (M1), Zambia	INHS_33667 Kalungu River, bridge on Kasama-Mbesuma Ranch Road (D18), Zambia
MRAC_56593 Kasanga, confluent du div Lukulu et Luapula	BMNH_1905-6-19-11 Upper, Chambesi River, Rhodesia

Genbank Vouchers

Zambia

ANSP_416247-Fp (COI, 28S) Kalungu River, bridge on Kasama-Mbesuma Ranch road (D18), Zambia

ANSP_416247-Fo (COI, 28S) Kalungu River, bridge on Kasama-Mbesuma Ranch road (D18), Zambia

ANSP_416245-Fs (COI, 28S) Chambeshi River, Mbesuma Ranch Pontoon, c. 5 km W Mbesuma Ranch on Kasama-Mbesumba Ranch road, Zambia

ANSP_416245-Fr (COI, 28S) Chambeshi River, Mbesuma Ranch Pontoon, c. 5 km W Mbesuma Ranch on Kasama-Mbesumba Ranch road, Zambia

ANSP_416247-Fq (COI, 28S) Kalungu River, bridge on Kasama-Mbesuma Ranch road (D18), Zambia

Page updated: 07:53:09 Thu 15 May 2025

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