A review of the Canthyporus exilis group, with the description of two new species (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae)
Author
Bilton, David T.
text
Zootaxa
2015
3957
4
441
454
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3957.4.5
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Canthyporus aenigmaticus
Biström & Nilsson
Described on the basis of a single male, collected in the Cederberg by Sebastian Endrödy-Younga (
Biström & Nilsson 2006
). My collections of this species include the first known females. These differ from males in the slightly more strongly impressed microreticulation, particularly on the elytra, the narrower pro- and mesotarsi and the shorter apical segment of the mesotarsi. The spermatheca is relatively small, short and stout, with a relatively narrow fertilization duct (
Fig. 3
A). The spermathecal duct (not shown due to damage during extraction) is coiled, and closely resembles that of other species of the group. I can add the following records, extending the species’ distribution north to the Gifberg-Matsikamaberg massif, which represent the northernmost extension of the Cape
Fold
Mountains, and the adjacent Bokkeveld Escarpment:
27/ix/2010
Northern Cape, temporary pond beside R27 ca.
1 km
E of Vanrhyns Pass (1 ♀, teneral);
20/ix/2014
Western Cape, Gifberg, stream over sandstone rock in Gifberg pass (
1♂
, 1♀);
21/ix/2014
Western Cape, Matsikammaberg, temporary rockpools on NE edge of summit plateau (
Fig. 4
A) (
2♂
, 4♀, some teneral).