Cybister tripunctatus africanus Laporte, 1835

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 : 109

Cybister tripunctatus africanus Laporte, 1835

Synonyms.

Cybister aegyptiacus Peyron, 1856; Trogus haagi Wehncke, 1876; Trochalus meridionalis Gené, 1836; Trogus punctipennis Taschenberg, 1883.

Remarks.

Abundant in ponds and lagoons.

Distribution.

Widespread to Mediterranean basin.

St Lucia records.

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