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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Hydrovatus visendus
Bistroem
, 1997
Remarks.
Ponds in dense vegetation.
Distribution.
Zimbabwe to Eastern Africa. New record for South Africa.
St Lucia records.
Not previously recorded from St Lucia. Recorded at Western Shores in January/ February 2015, during the course of this study.
Figure 59.
Hydrovatus visendus
Bistroem
, 19973.10 mm, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, Western Shores (site 6), February 2015DT Bilton, MS Bird & R Perissinotto leg.