Predaceous water beetles (Coleoptera, Hydradephaga) of the Lake St Lucia system, South Africa: biodiversity, community ecology and conservation implications Author Perissinotto, Renzo DST / NRF Research Chair in Shallow Water Ecosystems, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, C / o Department of Zoology, P. O. Box 77000, Port Elizabeth, 6031, South Africa Author Bird, Matthew S. DST / NRF Research Chair in Shallow Water Ecosystems, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, C / o Department of Zoology, P. O. Box 77000, Port Elizabeth, 6031, South Africa Author Bilton, David T. Marine Biology and Ecology Research Centre, School of Marine Science & Engineering, Plymouth University, Drake Circus, Plymouth PL 4 8 AA, United Kingdom text ZooKeys 2016 2016-06-02 595 85 135 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.595.8614 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.595.8614 1313-2970-595-85 72B0FD95D6BB428EA67957F05F7B6670 4E60AF13213AFF84FFAB9D0CFF85B156 579446 Synchortus imbricatus (Klug, 1853) Remarks. Standing waters, in dense vegetation. Distribution. Kwa-Zulu Natal, Mozambique to Western, Central and Eastern Africa. St Lucia records. Not previously recorded from St Lucia. Recorded at Western Shores and Eastern Shores in January/February 2015, during the course of this study. Figure 18. Synchortus imbricatus (Klug, 1853)3.47 mm, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, Eastern Shores (site 14), February 2015DT Bilton, MS Bird & R Perissinotto leg.