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

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.595.8614

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:72B0FD95-D6BB-428E-A679-57F05F7B6670

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B53849A6-5CE5-37ED-5F25-92FC6570F79A

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scientific name

Laccophilus canthydroides Omer-Cooper, 1957
status

 

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.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Dytiscidae

Genus

Laccophilus