Synonyms.

Taxon classification

Animalia

Coleoptera

Spercheidae

Bird

Matthew S.

Bilton

David T.

Perissinotto

Renzo

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Spercheus

cerisyi

Guérin-Méneville, 1842

Synonyms.

Spercheus crenaticollis Régimbart, 1906, Sphercheus [!] capicola Péringuey, 1829, Spercheus cerisyi var. diminutus Hebauer, 1997

Remarks.

Ponds and other lentic waters, in vegetation.

Distribution.

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

St Lucia records.

Recorded at Western Shores, Eastern Shores and False Bay in January/February 2015. Previously recorded at Dukandlovu by SANC – years not specified.

Figure 8.

Spercheus cerisyi Guérin-Méneville, 1842

2.4 mm, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, Eastern Shores (site 14), February 2015

DT Bilton, MS Bird & R Perissinotto leg.