Table 2 General Taxonomic Compositions of Freshwater Macroinvertebrates in the Guineo-Congolian Biodiversity Hotspot.
Macroinvertebrate group | Number of Species | References |
|---|---|---|
Platyhelminthes | 3 | |
Arachnida | 3 | |
Coleoptera | 162 | |
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 | |
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 | |
Plecoptera | 3 | |
Hymenoptera | 1 | |
Lepidoptera | 1 | |
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 | |
Annelida | 25 |