Ranatra sp. Photograph courtesy of Institute for Water Quality Studies, Department of Water Affairs and Forestry

The Waterscorpions (Hemiptera: Nepidae) 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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CONTENTS Introduction Nepidae References

Laccotrephes sp. Photograph courtesy of Institute for Water Quality Studies, Department of Water Affairs and Forestry

Family: NEPIDAE

1. Genus: LACCOTREPHES
   1. L. vicinus (Signoret)

      Nepa vicinus Signoret 1863: 29.
      Gauteng; October.

      
      
   2. L. dissimulatus Montandon

      Laccotrephes dissimulatus Montandon 1912: 468.
      **; **.

      
      
   3. L. brachialis Gerstaecker

      Laccotrephes brachialis Gerstaecker 1873: 127.
      Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng; November.

      
      
   4. L. fabricii Stål

      Laccotrephes fabricii Stål 1868: 134.
      Northern Cape and Northwestern Province, to Namibia; January, April and June.

      
      
   
   
2. Genus: BORBOROPHILUS
   1. B. afzelii (Stål)

      Nepa afzelii Stål 1861: 203.
      KwaZulu-Natal; **.

      
      
   
   
3. Genus: RANATRA
   1. R. parvipes Signoret

      Ranatra parvipes Signoret 1860: 970.

      = Ranatra parvipes vicina Signoret 1880: **.
      **; **.

      
      
   2. R. grandicollis **

      ** grandicollis **.
      KwaZulu-Natal; **.

      
      
   3. R. bottegoi Montandon

      Ranatra bottegoi Montandon 1903: 128.
      KwaZulu-Natal; **.

      
      
   4. R. fianarantsoana Poisson

      Ranatra fianarantsoana var rhodesiana Poisson 1963: 1188.
      KwaZulu-Natal; October.

      
      
   5. R. spoliata Montandon

      Ranatra spoliata Montandon 1912: 648.
      **; **.

      
      
   6. R. cinnamomea Distant

      Ranatra cinnamomea Distant **.
      **; **.

      
      
   7. R. capensis Germar

      Ranatra capensis Germar 1837: 123.
      KwaZulu-Natal; **.