Genus Aturus Kramer, 1875

The genus Aturus has a nearly cosmopolitan distribution, lacking only in the Australasian region . The highest species diversity is found in the Nearctic region (Di Sabatino et al. 2008). In the Afrotropical region three species are known, all from East Africa . Below the first species is described for West Africa from Ghana. Females cannot be identified in many cases (Gerecke et al. 2016), and therefore these records are given separately below.

Material examined. Ghana. 0/1/0, Kulugu River, upstream, hyporheic, 6º 51.223 N 0º 25.141 E, alt. 410 m a.s.l., 20-ii-2013 ; 0/3/0, Stream downstream of Wanjakli Falls, Lipke Todome, 7º 0 9.976 N 0º 36.456 E, alt. 478 m a.s.l., 23-ii-2013 .