New semi-terrestrial chydorids from the tropical rainforest of southwest Cameroon (Africa): Nicsmirnovius camerounensis n. gen. n. sp and Bryospilus africanus n. sp (Crustacea : Anomopoda)

Two new chydorids, Nicsmirnovius camerounensis (gen. nov., sp. nov.) and Br yospilus africanus n. sp. are described, based on material from Korup, Mund emba, Bakingili and Debunscha, all in the rainforests of southwest Cameroon . Morphological structures show that both taxa are only remotely related, a nd that, while Nicsmirnovius is clearly an alonine, Bryospilus might well b e a chydorine chydorid. Small, taxonomically non-significant differences oc curred among specimens of Bryospilus recorded in three different forest are as.