Pterosthetops brincki Perkins & Balfour-Browne, 1994
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3811.4.2 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6129829 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D687DB-E34B-0C07-BBB9-8992FB249B67 |
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Pterosthetops brincki Perkins & Balfour-Browne, 1994 |
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Pterosthetops brincki Perkins & Balfour-Browne, 1994 View in CoL
Described from the Langeberg and Swartberg ranges, in the central part of the Western Cape. Specimens from the former range are labelled as being collected in a trickle over cliffs. As well as additional records from these mountains, the species is newly recorded from the Outeniquaberg, a mountain range extending eastwards from the end of the Langeberg system. New records from rock faces below springs and a rock face beside a stream.
Additional records: 19/ix/2009 Western Cape, Langeberg, Tradouw Pass, wet rock face along R324 road ca. 10 km S. of Barrydale—abundant; 24/ix/2009 Western Cape, Groote Swartberg, wet rock face beside stream on R328 road 1 km N. of De Top, on north side of Swartberg Pass— 1 ♂; 24/ix/2009 Western Cape, Groote Swartberg, temporary seepage on rock face beside R328 road 2 km N. of Gamkaskloof junction ( Fig. 7 View FIGURE 7 A)— 5 ♂, 2 ♀; 3/i/2014 Western Cape, Outeniquaberg, wet rock faces in Robinson Pass —abundant. Distribution Fig. 8 View FIGURE 8 .
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