Diversity and distribution of polyphagan water beetles (Coleoptera) in the Lake St Lucia system, South Africa Author Bird, Matthew S. Author Bilton, David T. Author Perissinotto, Renzo text ZooKeys 2017 656 51 84 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.656.11622 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.656.11622 1313-2970-656-51 2F3E9711FF55471286A59D0186E495C4 Spercheus cerisyi Guerin-Meneville , 1842 Synonyms. Spercheus crenaticollis Regimbart , 1906, Sphercheus [!] capicola Peringuey , 1829, Spercheus cerisyi var. diminutus Hebauer, 1997 Remarks. Ponds and other lentic waters, in vegetation. Distribution. Widespread to Western, Central and Eastern Africa and Madagascar; reaching the Palaearctic in Egypt, Iraq and Israel. St Lucia records. Recorded at Western Shores, Eastern Shores and False Bay in January/February 2015. Previously recorded at Dukandlovu by SANC - years not specified. Figure 8. Spercheus cerisyi Guerin-Meneville , 18422.4 mm, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, Eastern Shores (site 14), February 2015DT Bilton, MS Bird & R Perissinotto leg.