Hyphydrus cycloides Regimbart , 1889

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 : 122

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/40982E73-AB57-58AA-806F-534814F495FE

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scientific name

Hyphydrus cycloides Regimbart , 1889
status

 

Hyphydrus cycloides Regimbart, 1889

Synonyms.

Hyphydrus circularis Régimbart, 1895; Hyphydrus lamottei Legros, 1958; Hyphydrus malawiensis Omer-Cooper, 1971; Hyphydrus nigeriensis Omer-Cooper, 1971; Hyphydrus pelates Guignot, 1953.

Remarks.

Ponds.

Distribution.

Widespread to Central and Eastern Africa.

St Lucia records.

Previously recorded by Vrdoljak (2004) in 2002/2003 at freshwater wetlands. Recorded at Western Shores, Eastern Shores and False Bay in January/February 2015, during this study.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Dytiscidae

Genus

Hyphydrus