Synonyms.

Taxon classification

Animalia

Coleoptera

Hydrophilidae

Bird

Matthew S.

Bilton

David T.

Perissinotto

Renzo

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Regimbartia

nilotica

(Sharp, 1903)

Synonyms.

Volvulus compressus Régimbart, 1906, Regimbartia compressa (Régimbart, 1906).

Remarks.

Lentic waters, in vegetation.

Distribution.

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

St Lucia records.

Recorded at Western Shores, Eastern Shores and False Bay in November 2013 and January/February 2015.

Figure 16.

Regimbartia nilotica (Sharp, 1903)

5.4 mm, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, False Bay (site 27), January 2015

DT Bilton, MS Bird & R Perissinotto leg.