Table 2 General Taxonomic Compositions of Freshwater Macroinvertebrates in the Guineo-Congolian Biodiversity Hotspot.

From: A spatial inventory of freshwater macroinvertebrate occurrences in the Guineo-Congolian biodiversity hotspot

Macroinvertebrate group

Number of Species

References

Platyhelminthes

3

38,56

Arachnida

3

36,49,50,57

Coleoptera

162

30,33,36,37,49,50,51,52,53,54,56,57,58,59,60,61,62,63,64,65

Hemiptera

45

30,36,37,51,52,53,54,57,58,59,60,61,62,63,66,67,68,69,70,71,72,73,74,75

Diptera

17

36,37,50,53,56,57,58,59,61,62,65,66,69,76,77,78,79,80,81,82,83,84

Ephemeroptera

32

27,37,51,58,59,62,66,69,78,79,85,86,87,88

Odonata

499

27,37,51,53,56,62,63,65,66,67,72,73,74,76,79,81,83,84,87,89,90,91,92,93,94,95,96

Trichoptera

87

27,37,49,51,53,61,63,71,73,74,77,97,98,99,100

Plecoptera

3

27,36,37,51,54,63,74,77,79

Hymenoptera

1

49

Lepidoptera

1

66

Decapoda

78

34,35,39,49,50,51,56,58,60,62,63,66,69,70,71,72,73,74,82,95,101,102,103,104,105,106

Gastropoda

100

22,31,32,33,36,37,50,53,62,65,69,70,71,72,73,74,75,76,80,81,82,83,84,85,87,92,93,94,95,102,104,105,106,107,108,109,110,111,112,113,114,115,116,117,118,119,120,121

Bivalvia

48

27,36,37,62,63,81,84,101,104,109

Annelida

25

36,49,50,56,57,58,59,60,61,62,66,69,73,76,83,115,122