Distribution
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Continent: Africa Near-East Europe
Distribution: most of the African continent except the waterways of southern and NW Africa.
White (below Murchison Falls) and Blue Nile drainages, Lakes Rudolf and Albert, the tributaries of the Congo River, W/C/N Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), and most drainages in West Africa incl. Gabon, Mauritania.
Along the coasts of Israel, Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey, Greece (Kos),
Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, S Somalia, Kenya, Angola, southwest to N Namibia and west to Senegal; Mali, Central African Republic,
Gambia (HÃ
KANSSON 1981), Cameroon
Type locality: Nile River.
