Predaceous water beetles (Coleoptera, Hydradephaga) of the Lake St Lucia system, South Africa: biodiversity, community ecology and conservation implications Perissinotto, Renzo Bird, Matthew S. Bilton, David T. ZooKeys 2016 2016-06-02 595 85 135 B7489A5B-6CEB-9FFF-4921-AF90D7B04BF7 Laporte, 1835 Laporte 1835 Insecta Dytiscidae Hydaticus CoL Animalia Hydaticus bivittatus Coleoptera 27 112 Arthropoda species bivittatus  Synonyms.  Hydaticus bivittatus var. sharpiPeschet, 1917.  Remarks. Ponds.  Distribution. Widespread to Western, Central and Eastern Africa.  St Lucia records. Obtained from available museum collections and ad hoc collections by the South African National Collection of Insects. The year is not specified. Specimen found at the St Lucia lake body and immediate surrounds. Recorded at False Bay in January/February 2015, during the course of this study.   Figure 36.  Hydaticus bivittatusLaporte, 183513.41 mm, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, False Bay (site 27), January 2015DT Bilton, MS Bird & R Perissinotto leg.