Mesoceration granulovestum 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 : 518

Mesoceration granulovestum Perkins, 2008

Described from the Cederberg in the Western Cape Province ( Perkins 2008). In addition to further samples from this area, I can extend the range into the adjacent Middleberg: 20/ix/2010 Western Cape, Middleberg, margins of ditch on sand beside R303 ca. 5 km N of Kunje—abundant; 23/ix/2011 Western Cape, Cederberg, seepages over exposed rock, 1,200 m, below Wolfberg Arch, beside Matjiesrivier-Wupperthal road— 1 ♂, 1 ♀; 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; 23/ix /204 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.