Amphiops senegalensis (Laporte, 1840)

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 : 70

Amphiops senegalensis (Laporte, 1840)

Synonyms.

Amphiops lucidus Erichson, 1843, Cyprimorphus compressus Fairmaire, 1873, Amphiops Abeillei Guillebeau, 1896, Amphiops lucidus var. abeillei Guillebeau, 1896, Amphiops lasioides Régimbart, 1903.

Remarks.

Ponds and other lentic waterbodies.

Distribution.

Widespread to Western, Central, Northern and Eastern Africa; reaching the Palaearctic in Egypt and Morocco.

St Lucia records.

Recorded at Western Shores, Eastern Shores and False Bay in July 2014 and January/February 2015.