Stiatoandricus georgei Cuesta-Porta & Melika & Nicholls & Stone & Pujade-Villar 2022 Author Etilé, Raphaël N’doua Author Bédia, Théophile Aké Author Blahoua, Georges Kassi Author Bi, Gouli Goore Author Kouamelan, Paul Essetchi Author N’Douba, Valentin text Zoological Studies 2020 2020-07-20 59 31 1 14 http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8069124 journal article 10.6620/ZS.2020.59-31 1810-522X PMC7688398 33262854 12822346 Ilyocryptus spinifer Herrick, 1882 Distribution in Côte d’Ivoire : Ebrie Lagoon (Dabou, Eloka, Bengerville) (Rham 1964); Ayame Lake I (Yté et al. 1983); Buyo Lake ( Yté et al. 1996 ; Kouamé et al. 2018 ); Sassandra River main stem ( Kouamé et al. 2018 ). Synonyms : Ilyocryptus halyi Brady 1886 : Ilyocryptus longiremis Sars 1888 ; Acanthocercus immundus Ihering 1895 ; Iliocryptus verrucosus Daday 1905 ; Iliocryptus tetraspinatus Bergamin 1939 . World distribution : Ilyocryptus spinifer is signaled as widely distributed in the tropics and subtropics ( Kotov and Dumont 2000 ). On the other hand, Kotov et al. (2013b) reported it to be like species from Afrotropical, Australasian, Nearctic, Neotropical, Oriental , Pacific Ocean islands, and Palaearctic regions, and excludes only the Antarctic region. According to Sousa and Elmoor-Loureiro (2019) , I. spinifer is a cosmopolitan species with high ecological plasticity.