Latitudinal range: -29.6° to 8.5°

Habitats: temperate upland river (1), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (2), lake (1), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (2), tropical/subtropical upland river (1), tropical/subtropical savanna (2), desert/xeric shrubland (2)

Found in 11 samples

Central African Republic: Zomea Forest

Ghana: University of Ghana Legon Botanical Garden, Dakobi

Nigeria: Ago-Store Pond, Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife, Iloyin Forest (study site I)

Sierra Leone: Freetown

Somalia: Ola Uager (1964), Ola Uager (1970)

South Africa: National Botanical Gardens

Tanzania: Morogoro

See also Palpopleura, Palpopleura albifrons, Palpopleura deceptor, Palpopleura portia, Palpopleura sexmaculata