Prosthetops wolfbergensis sp. nov. — a giant amongst the ‘ minute moss beetles’, with new data on other members of the genus (Coleoptera, Hydraenidae)
Author
Bilton, David T.
text
Zootaxa
2013
3666
3
345
357
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3666.3.5
157f5045-3366-47ce-a50e-31891cfd296c
1175-5326
222583
6238604D-24E6-4A40-8BED-ACA88158C186
Prosthetops nitens
(Péringuey, 1892)
Has the same restricted geographical range as
P. megacephalus
, but apparently more restricted in habitat.
Additional records:
24/ix/2010
Western Cape, Table Mountain, rock pools on central table below Maclear’s Beacon,
1,200 m
(
Fig. 11
C)—abundant (adults +?larvae). On Table Mountain adults of this species can co-occur with those of
P. megacephalus
, in the same rockpool. In 2010,
P. nitens
was found in only ca. 10% of pools examined, however, whereas
P. megacephalus
was found in> 50%. Whilst
megacephalus
occurred across a range of pool
types
and sizes,
nitens
was only present in relatively small pools with a rock/mineral substrate (
Fig. 11
C), and has not been found in other microhabitats.