Copelatus cf. ejactus Omer-Cooper, 1965

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 : 106

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/D3722275-76CB-50A9-9891-21B97247BA32

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scientific name

Copelatus cf. ejactus Omer-Cooper, 1965
status

 

Copelatus cf. ejactus Omer-Cooper, 1965

Remarks.

Thought to occur largely in standing waters. Possibly endemic to South Africa.

Distribution.

Previously known only from the Limpopo province.

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

Copelatus