AnimaliaColeopteraHydrophilidaeBirdMatthew S.BiltonDavid T.PerissinottoRenzoDiversity and distribution of polyphagan water beetles (Coleoptera) in the Lake St Lucia system, South AfricaZookeys14220172017656518410.3897/zookeys.656.11622 Berosus cuspidatus Erichson, 1843Synonyms.

Berosus bispinosus Boheman, 1851, Berosus acutispina Fairmaire, 1869, Berosus cuspidatus ssp. acutispina Fairmaire, 1869, Berosus gracilispina Régimbart, 1906.

Remarks.

Ponds and lagoons, particularly with exposed substrate and some mineralisation/salinity.

Distribution.

Widespread to Western, Central and Eastern Africa and Madagascar and the Seychelles; reaching the Palaearctic in Egypt.

St Lucia records.

Recorded at Western Shores, Eastern Shores and False Bay in January/February 2015. Previously recorded at False Bay by Day et al. (1954) and Millard and Broekhuysen (1970) in 1948.

Berosus cuspidatus Erichson, 1843

5.2 mm, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, False Bay (site 29), February 2015

DT Bilton, MS Bird & R Perissinotto leg.

 DayJHMillardNAHBroekhuysenGJ (1954) The Ecology of South African Estuaries: Part IV: The St. Lucia System. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa 34: 129–156. https://doi.org/10.1080/00359195409518982 MillardNAHBroekhuysenGJ (1970) The ecology of South African estuaries. Part X. St Lucia: a second report. Zoologica Africana 5: 277–307. https://doi.org/10.1080/00445096.1970.11447398