Breviscutaneurus breviscutatus (Bergroth), 1894

Aneurus breviscutatus Bergroth, 1894: 116 . STS 3,♀: Madagascar; MHNG (coll.Fallou), MZHF. Aneurus (Breviscutaneurus) breviscutatus Jacobs 1986: 24

Breviscutaneurus breviscutatus Kormilev & Froeschner, 1987: 31

Distr.: Madagascar (Andragoloaka, Ambanja, Angovokely, Antananarive: Hoberlandt, 1963; Bezanozano: Kormilev, 1974). East Africa (Delagoa: Bergroth, 1914; Delagoa, Vallé du Pongoné, Guéngere: Hoberlandt, 1963). Sudan (Magwe: Linnavuori, 1978). South Africa (Transvaal, Cape Province, Transkei widely distributed: Jacobs, 1986)

Ref.: Bergroth, 1914 (redescr., distr.); Hoberlandt, 1957 (redescr., fig. 3,♀); 1963: 129 (distr.), Linnavuori, 1978 (distr.); Jacobs 1986 (redescr., morphology, cytogenetics, key, figs.3, ♀); Kormilev & Froeschner, 1987:31 (cat.)

Note: Jacobs (1986: 24) suspects that African and Madagascan species might constitute different species which should be verified by examination of more material from both countries.