Naucorid nymph Photograph courtesy of Institute for Water Quality Studies, Department of Water Affairs and Forestry

The Creeping Waterbugs (Hemiptera: Naucoridae) of South Africa Compiled by Martin H. Villet Department of Zoology & Entomology, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, 6140 South Africa & Patrick Reavell Department of Botany, University of Zululand, South Africa

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Family: NAUCORIDAE

1. Genus: PELOCORIS
   1. Pelocoris sp. 1.

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2. Genus: CENTIPOCORIS
   1. C. africana Poisson

      Centipocoris africana Poisson **: **.
      **; **.

      
      
   
   
3. Genus: MACROCORIS
   1. M. flavicollis flavicollis Signoret

      Macrocoris flavicollis Signoret 1861: **.
      Gauteng; **.

      
      
   2. M. transvaalensis Distant

      Macrocoris transvaalensis Distant 1904: **.
      KwaZulu-Natal; **.

      
      
   3. M. convexus Montandon

      Macrocoris convexus Montandon 1897: **.
      Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal; **.

      
      
   
   
4. Genus: NAUCORIS
   1. N. obscuratus Montandon

      Naucoris obscuratus Montandon 1914: 118.
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5. Genus: LACCOCORIS
   1. L. limigenus Stål

      Laccocoris limigenus Stål 1865: **.
      Western Cape, Lesotho, KwaZulu-Natal, to Namibia and Zambia; December to February, April, July.

      = Laccocoris limigenus aurivillii Poisson 1949: 65.
      Western Cape; January to March.

      
      
   2. L. chinai Poisson

      Laccocoris chinai Poisson 1949: 70.
      Lesotho.

      
      
   3. L. spurcus Stål

      Laccocoris spurcus Stål 1855: **.
      Lesotho; April.