Mesoceration littlekarroo Perkins 2008

Mesoceration littlekarroo Perkins, 2008

Described from the south side of the Groote Swartberg, on the edge of the Little Karoo. New records are all from further west in the Groote Swartberg range, from both northern and southern slopes: 24/ix/2009 Western Cape, Groote Swartberg, stream on R328 2 km N of De Top, on N side of pass, 1,700m—abundant; 24/ix/2009 Western Cape, Groote Swartberg, Dorpsrivier ca. 12 km S of Prince Albert—abundant; 1/i/2014 Western Cape, Groote Swartberg, permanent stream below Kangoberg on Gamkaskloof road (Fig. 6 C)—abundant; 1/i/2014 Western Cape, Groote Swartberg, stream on S side of Swartberg pass, below Oliewenberg—abundant; 2/i/2014 Western Cape, Groote Swartberg, first stream on N side of Swartberg Pass—abundant. The aedeagi of all these Swartberg specimens (Fig. 4 D) have a distal lobe that is more strongly curved in ventral view than that illustrated by Perkins (2008) —otherwise they do not differ from the description, and would appear to belong to this species.