Helochares longipalpis (Murray, 1859)

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 : 77

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.656.11622

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:2F3E9711-FF55-4712-86A5-9D0186E495C4

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Helochares longipalpis (Murray, 1859)
status

 

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Remarks.

Lentic waters, in vegetation.

Distribution.

Widespread to Western, central and Eastern Africa; reaching the Palaearctic in Egypt and Israel.

St Lucia records.

Recorded at Western Shores, Eastern Shores and False Bay in July 2014 and January/February 2015. Previously recorded at St Lucia and Dukandlovu by SANC - years not specified.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Hydrophilidae

Genus

Helochares