Mesoceration dissonum 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 : 516

Mesoceration dissonum Perkins & Balfour-Browne, 1994

A relatively widespread Cape species, most records being from the Western Cape Province. I can add the following: 20/ix/2009 Western Cape, Dieprivier on R339 S of Smaldeel, ca. 10 km S of Prince Alfred’s Passabundant; 20/ix/2009 Western Cape, stream beside R 339 in Prince Alfred’s Pass ca. 10 km S of Avontuurabundant; 24/ix/2009 Western Cape, Groote Swartberg, Dorpsrivier ca. 12 km S of Prince Albert—abundant; 22/ ix/2010 Western Cape, small shaded stream along R301 road below Obiekwaberg, below Bain’s Kloof Pass above Wellington—abundant; 24/ix/2012 Western Cape, Cederberg, Uitkyk Pass, small stream beside road on N side of pass—1 ♀; 3/x/2013 Western Cape, Cederberg, spring-stream below Wolfberg Cracks above Dwarsriverabundant; 23/ix/2014 Western Cape, Cederberg, Breëwaterkloof stream ca. 2 km SE of Uitkyk Pass, 1,050m ( Fig. 5 C)—abundant; 9/ii/2015 Western Cape, Kogelberg, stream in Fairly Glen nr. Betty’s Bay—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.