Hydrovatus cribatus Sharp, 1882,

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: 117-118

publication ID

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

publication LSID

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

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scientific name

Hydrovatus cribatus Sharp, 1882
status

 

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Dytiscidae

Hydrovatus cribatus Sharp, 1882 

Synonyms.

Hydrovatus dyscheres  Guignot, 1955; Hydrovatus laticornis  Régimbart, 1895.

Remarks.

Ponds in dense vegetation.

Distribution.

Widespread to Western, Central and Eastern Africa.

St Lucia records.

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