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Canthyporus exilis Boheman

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Canthyporus exilis (Boheman)

Known from two localities in the western part of the Eastern Cape Province, and a number of sites in the far southwest of the Western Cape (Biström & Nilsson 2006). I can add the following records, which extend the range far to the north, into the Northern Cape. This species can be found in running water, but in my experience is most abundant in shallow mossy swamps, with or without seepage flow: 27/ix/2008 Western Cape, Table Mountain National Park, Table Mountain, mossy pool behind Woodhead Reservoir (abundant); 25/ix/2011 Western Cape, Cederberg, seepage marsh 3 km SE of Uitkyk Pass (abundant); 25/ix/2011 Northern Cape, Vanrhyns pass, seepage over rock beside R27 (1♀); 2/x/2014 Western Cape, Table Mountain National Park, temporary pools behind dunes at Olifantsbos (Fig. 6 B) (1♂).

Notes

Published as part of Bilton, David T., 2015, A review of the Canthyporus exilis group, with the description of two new species (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae), pp. 441-454 in Zootaxa 3957 (4) on page 452, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3957.4.5, http://zenodo.org/record/238991

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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Boheman
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Dytiscidae
Genus
Canthyporus
Species
exilis
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Bistrom, O. & Nilsson, A. N. (2006) Taxonomic revision of the Ethiopian genus Canthyporus (Coleoptera Dytiscidae). Memorie della Societa Entomologica Italiana, 85, 209 - 306. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.4081 / memorieSEI. 2006.209