Herophydrus inquinatus (Boheman, 1848)

Perissinotto, Renzo, Bird, Matthew S. & Bilton, David T., 2016, Predaceous water beetles (Coleoptera, Hydradephaga) of the Lake St Lucia system, South Africa: biodiversity, community ecology and conservation implications, ZooKeys 595, pp. 85-135 : 121

Herophydrus inquinatus (Boheman, 1848)

Synonyms.

Herophydrus cooperi Gschwendtner, 1938; Herophydrus ignoratus Gschwendtner, 1933; Herophydrus kalaharii Gschwendtner, 1935.

Remarks.

Ponds and stream pools. Eurytopic.

Distribution.

Widespread to Central and Eastern Africa.

St Lucia records.

Not previously recorded from St Lucia. Recorded at False Bay in November 2013 and January/February 2015, during the course of this study.