Hydrobiomorpha perissinottoi Bilton, 2016

Bird, Matthew S., Bilton, David T. & Perissinotto, Renzo, 2017, Diversity and distribution of polyphagan water beetles (Coleoptera) in the Lake St Lucia system, South Africa, ZooKeys 656, pp. 51-84 : 74

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.656.11622

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2F3E9711-FF55-4712-86A5-9D0186E495C4

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/7A86A722-1F84-3B1F-BBAF-546F46F5176F

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scientific name

Hydrobiomorpha perissinottoi Bilton, 2016
status

 

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Remarks.

A new species, first detected during this survey. Most close morphologically to Hydrobiomorpha occidentalis Balfour-Browne, 1939 from Nigeria and Sudan.

Distribution.

Currently only recorded from St Lucia - wider distribution unknown.

St Lucia records.

Recorded at Western Shores, Eastern Shores and False Bay in January/February 2015.