Hydrovatus obsoletus Peschet, 1922

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 : 119

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/04487782-A2B2-324D-6209-A599602210AB

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scientific name

Hydrovatus obsoletus Peschet, 1922
status

 

Hydrovatus obsoletus Peschet, 1922

Synonyms.

Hydrovatus adelphus Guignot, 1956; Hydrovatus straeleni Guignot, 1947.

Remarks.

Ponds in dense vegetation.

Distribution.

Widespread to Central and Eastern Africa.

St Lucia records.

Not previously recorded from St Lucia. Recorded at Eastern Shores in January/February 2015, during the course of this study.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Dytiscidae

Genus

Hydrovatus