Remarks.

Taxon classification

Animalia

Coleoptera

Hydraenidae

Bird

Matthew S.

Bilton

David T.

Perissinotto

Renzo

Diversity and distribution of polyphagan water beetles (

Coleoptera

) in the Lake St Lucia system, South Africa

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Aulachochthebius

cf.

continentalis

(Orchymont, 1929)

Remarks.

Pond margins. Afrotropical species of the genus currently in revision (Perkins, pers. comm.).

Distribution.

Kenya. Most likely new to South Africa, regardless of species.

St Lucia records.

Recorded at Eastern Shores and False Bay in January/February 2015.

Figure 39.

Aulachochthebius cf. continentalis (Orchymont, 1929)

1.2 mm, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, Eastern Shores (site 21), February 2015

DT Bilton, MS Bird & R Perissinotto leg.