Mesoceration languidum 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 languidum Perkins & Balfour-Browne, 1994

Most records are from the Western Cape, where the species is widespread. I can add the following: 20/ix/2009 Western Cape, Dieprivier on R339 S of Smaldeel, ca. 10 km S of Prince Alfred’s Pass—abundant; 22/ix/2011 & 23/ix/2012 Western Cape, Cederberg, Matjiesrivier Reserve, Matjies River ca. 3 km N of Cederberg Oasisabundant; 24/ix/2011 Western Cape, Cederberg, stream above Algeria Waterfall—abundant; 23/ix /204 Western Cape, Cederberg, Breëwaterkloof stream ca. 2 km SE of Uitkyk Pass, 1,050m ( Fig. 5 C)—few; 1/i/2014 Western Cape, Groote Swartberg, river at Gamkaskloof—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.