Hyphydrus signatus 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 : 123

Hyphydrus signatus Sharp, 1882

Synonyms.

Hyphydrus aethiopicus J. Balfour-Browne, 1944; Hyphydrus grossus Sharp, 1882.

Remarks.

Ponds.

Distribution.

Widespread to central and Eastern Africa.

St Lucia records.

Previously recorded by Day et al (1954) and Millard and Broekhuysen (1970) in 1964/1965 at fresh water streams feeding into South Lake. Recorded at Western Shores and False Bay in November 2013 and January/February 2015, during this study.