Information: Stuhlmannium mirabile, is a very rare and bizarre species. It was described by Kolbe in 1894 from Lake Victoria of Kafuro (Karague) Tanzania. The large species has a very corpulent body of shiny black color. There are only a few specimens in the collections and they are collected very rarely.
Body length: 43 - 46 mm
Peak activity: November ~ April
Remarks: An unmistakable species by its shape, its size or its peculiar movement. The habitats of this species are large grassy areas and seasonal swamps. Active at night during the rainy season.
Distribution: DR Congo, Uganda, Burundi, Tanzania
Zoogeographic region: Afrotropical
Taxonomic classification:
Material examined (& observation):
Our observation period: November ~ December
Sampling Methods: in grassy wet vegetation (seasonal bogs) 
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