Mesoceration repandum Perkins, 2008

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 repandum Perkins, 2008

Described from the Cederberg and adjacent mountains in the northern part of the Western Cape Province ( Perkins 2008). I can add the following records, all from the Cederberg, where the species is abundant, in both permanent and temporary streams and rivers: 21/ix/2010 & 23/ix/2012 Western Cape, Cederberg, Matjiesrivier Reserve, Matjies River ca. 3 km N of Cederberg Oasis—abundant; 23/ix/2011 Western Cape, Cederberg, seepages over exposed rock, 1,200 m, below Wolfberg Arch, beside Matjiesrivier-Wupperthal road—abundant; 23/ix/2011 & 23/ ix/2012 Western Cape, Cederberg, stream in Gabriel’s Pass ca. 1,500 m, below Wolfberg Arch—abundant; 24/ix/ 2011 Western Cape, Cederberg, stream above Algeria Waterfall—abundant; 25/ix/2011 Western Cape, Cederberg, margins of seepage over sand beside road on plateau ca. 3 km SE of Uitkyk Pass—abundant; 1/x/2013 Western Cape, Cederberg, pools in temporary stream behind Cederberg Oasis—abundant; 3/x/2013 Western Cape, Cederberg, spring-stream below Wolfberg Cracks above Dwarsriver—abundant; 23/ix/2014 Western Cape, Cederberg, Breëwaterkloof stream ca. 2 km SE of Uitkyk Pass, 1,050m ( Fig. 5 C)—abundant.

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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.