Laccophilus canthydroides Omer-Cooper, 1957

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 : 124

Laccophilus canthydroides Omer-Cooper, 1957

Remarks.

Uncertain. Appears to prefer dense vegetation.

Distribution.

Described from South Africa. Now known to be widespread, from Cameroon and Ethiopia through east Africa to the Cape ( Biström et al., 2015).

St Lucia records.

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