Hydrophilus aculeatus (Solier, 1834)

Synonyms.

Hydrophilus spinipennis Gory, 1834, Hydrophilus armatus Castelnau, 1840, Hydrophilus lugubris Motschulsky, 1845, Hydrophilus aegyptiacus Peyron, 1856.

Remarks.

Lentic waters, in vegetation.

Distribution.

Widespread to Western, Central and Eastern Africa, the Mascarenes and Arabia; reaching the Palaearctic in Egypt, Iran, Israel, Syria and Turkey.

St Lucia records.

Recorded at Western Shores, Eastern Shores and False Bay November 2013, July 2014 and January/February 2015. Previously recorded at False Bay by the authors and deposited at UNKZ in 2012.