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
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2016-06-02
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.595.8614
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.595.8614
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Laccophilus
cryptos
Bistroem
, Nilsson & Bergsten, 2015
Remarks.
Ponds.
Distribution.
Widespread in Southern Central and Eastern Africa.
St Lucia records.
Holotype and some paratypes taken at light at St Lucia in 1975. Recorded at Western Shores, Eastern Shores and False Bay in July 2014 and January/February 2015, during the course of this study.
Figure 71.
Laccophilus cryptos
Bistroem
, Nilsson & Bergsten, 20152.5 mm, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, Western Shores (site 2), July 2014 MS Bird leg.