Mesoceration tabulare 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 : 517

Mesoceration tabulare Perkins, 2008

Apparently endemic to Table Mountain ( Perkins 2008). I can add the following records, from the same massif, but different drainages: 27/ix/2008 Western Cape, Table Mountain National Park, Table Mountain, stream in Valley of the Red Gods—abundant; 24/ix/2010 Western Cape, Table Mountain National Park, Table Mountain, sandy stream in Echo Valley ( Fig. 6 D)—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.