Hydrochara elliptica (Fabricius, 1801)

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

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scientific name

Hydrochara elliptica (Fabricius, 1801)
status

 

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Synonyms.

Hydrochares ellipticus (Fabricius, 1801), Hydrous uniformis Fairmaire, 1869, Hydrophilus fulvo-femorata var. uniformis (Fairmaire, 1869).

Remarks.

Lentic waters, in vegetation.

Distribution.

Widespread to western, central and eastern Africa and Madagascar.

St Lucia records.

Recorded at False Bay in November 2013. Previously recorded at Dukandlovu Pan by the authors and deposited at UKZN in 2012.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Hydrophilidae

Genus

Hydrochara