Mesoceration brevigranum 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 : 517

Mesoceration brevigranum Perkins & Balfour-Browne, 1994

Known from a handful of localities in the Western Cape, to which I can add: September 2002 Western Cape, Mitchell’s Pass above Ceres, wet rock seepages—1 ♀; 27/ix/2009 Western Cape, tributary of Witrivier below Bastian’s Kloof on R301, shore washing in gravels—abundant; 3/x/2014 Western Cape, False Bay, small stream on R44 road below Boskloff Peak ( Fig. 6 B)—abundant.

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FIGURE 6. Habitats of Mesoceration species in South Africa. A) Western Cape, Matsikammaberg, permanent stream 1 km SE of Sewefontein farm— M. foggoi sp. nov., M. sewefonteinense sp. nov., M. umbrosum; B) Western Cape, False Bay, small stream on R 44 road below Boskloof Peak— M. sinclairi sp. nov., M. brevigranum; C) Western Cape, Groote Swartberg, permanent stream below Kangoberg on Gamkaskloof road— M. barriotum, M. littlekarroo, M. reticulatum, M. splendorum; D) Western Cape, Table Mountain National Park, Table Mountain, stream in Echo Valley— M. abstrictum, M. tabulare. Photos D. T. Bilton.