Mesoceration jucundum Perkins & Balfour-Browne, 1994

Bilton, David T., 2015, New species and new records of Mesoceration Janssens, 1967 from South Africa (Coleoptera, Hydraenidae), Zootaxa 3972 (4), pp. 495-520 : 514

Mesoceration jucundum Perkins & Balfour-Browne, 1994

Another relatively widespread Cape species, to which I can add the following records. As well as occurring in streams, this species is frequent in madicolous habitats ( Vaillant 1956; see Bilton 2014b for some examples), some of which are likely to be temporary: September 2002 Western Cape, Bainskloof Pass above Wellington, seepages over rock beside R301 on north side of pass— 1 ♂, 1 ♀; 20/ix/2009 Western Cape, Dieprivier on R339 S of Smaldeel, ca. 10 km S of Prince Alfred’s Pass—abundant; 20/ix/2009 Western Cape, stream beside R 339 in Prince Alfred’s Pass ca. 10 km S of Avontuur—abundant; 24/ix/2009 Western Cape, Groote Swartberg, seepages over rock beside R328, ca. 2 km N of Gamkaskloof turn-off— 3 ♂; 20/ix/2010 Western Cape, seepages over rock in Middleberg Pass on R303 above Blinkwater— 1 ♂, 2 ♀; 21/ix/2010 & Western Cape, Cederberg, wet rock seepages in Uitkyk Pass above Algeria— 1 ♂, 2 ♀,; 21/ix/2010 & 23/ix/2012 Western Cape, Cederberg, Matjiesrivier Reserve, Matjies River ca. 3 km N of Cederberg Oasis—abundant; 24/ix/2012 Western Cape, Cederberg, Uitkyk Pass, small stream beside road on N side of pass—abundant; 24/ix/2012 Western Cape, Cederberg, wet rock seepages at top of Uitkyk Pass above Algeria— 1 ♂; 26/ix/2012 Western Cape, Bain’s Kloof Pass, seepages on R301 below Limietkop— 1 ♂; 23/ix/2014 Western Cape, Cederberg, Breëwaterkloof stream ca. 2 km SE of Uitkyk Pass, 1,050m ( Fig. 5 C)—few.

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FIGURE 5. Habitats of Mesoceration species in South Africa. A) KwaZulu-Natal, uKhahlamba Drakensberg National Park, Injisuthi, stream in Afromontane forest remnant below Van Heyningen’s Pass— M. caniplenum sp. nov., beetles collected from the wet rockface on the right hand side of the stream; B) Western Cape, Matsikammaberg, stream 1 km NW of Sewefontein farm— M. foggoi sp. nov., M. umbrosum; C) Western Cape, Cederberg, Breëwaterkloof stream, ca. 2 km SE of Uitkyk Pass, 1,050 m— M. hirsutum sp. nov., M. dissonum, M. granulovestum, M. jucundum, M. languidum, M. periscopum, M. piceum, M. repandum, M. rivulare; D) Western Cape, Franschhoek Pass, wet rock faces beside stream crossing R 45 road, 500 m— M. rugulosum sp. nov. Photos D. T. Bilton.