Algophilus lathridioides Zimmermann, 1924:65
Table Mountain hairy crawling water beetle
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Algophilus lathridoides Zimmermann, 1924 [orth. error]
Conservation Status
Last record: 13 July 1946
Rediscovered on 24 August 2006 (van Vondel, 2010)
Distribution
Simons Town, Cape Peninsula, South Africa
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Lectotype designated by (van Vondel, 2010).
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Zimmermann, A. (1924). Die Halipliden der Welt. En-tomologische Blätter 20: 1-16, 65-80, 129-144, 193-213.
Other references:
Guignot, F. (1959). Revision des Hydrocanthares d’Afrique (Coleoptera Dytiscoidea), Part 1. Annales du Musée Royal du Congo Belge Tervuren (8) Sciences Zoologiques 70: 1-316.
Nilsson, Anders N. and van Vondel, Bernhard J. (2005). Amphizoidae, Aspidytidae, Haliplidae, Noteridae and Paelobiidae (Coleoptera, Adephaga). In: World Catalogue of Insects 7: 1-171.
Rebelo, A. G., Holmes, P. M., Dorse, C. and Wood, J. (2011). Impacts of urbanization in a biodiversity hotspot: Conservation challenges in Metropolitan Cape Town. South African Journal of Botany 77: 20-35.
Stals, R. and de Moor, I. J. (2007). Guides to the Freshwater Invertebrates of Southern Africa. Volume 10: Coleoptera. Prepared for the Water Research Commission December 2007. WRC Report No. TT 320/07.
Turner, Clive R. (2007). Water beetles associated with reservoirs on Table Mountain, Cape Town: implications for conservation. Journal of Insect Conservation 11(1): 75-83. [Abstract]
van Vondel, B. J. (2005). Haliplidae. In: Nilsson, A. N. (ed.). World Catalogue of Insects 7. Amphizoidae, Aspidytidae, Haliplidae, Noteridae and Pelobiidae (Coleoptera Adephaga). Stenstrup. Apollo Books. 171 pp.
van Vondel, Bernhard J. (2010). Revision of the Haliplidae of the Afrotropical region, including North Africa (Coleoptera). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 153(2): 239-314. doi:10.1163/22119434-900000302