Stenus capicola L. Benick, 1933

Janák, Jiří, 2022, Four new species and additional records of the genus Stenus of southern Africa (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Steninae), Zootaxa 5174 (4), pp. 331-356 : 347

Stenus capicola L. Benick, 1933

( Figs. 47–49 , 71 )

Type locality: South Africa, Western Cape Province, Cape Town .

Material examined. SOUTH AFRICA: Western Cape: 1 ♀: Table Mts. NP, Buffelsfontein env., 34°18.6’S, 18°27.0’E, dam, 22.x.2017, J. Janák lgt. ( JJRC); 7 ♂, 4 ♀: Table Mts. NP , Cape Peninsula, Olifantsbos , 34°15.3’S, 18°23.1’E, 4.xi.2021, J. Janák lgt., wetland, in low fynbos, treading ( JJRC, TMSA) .

Distribution. The species was hitherto known only from Cape Town and Simonʼs Town in Cape Peninsula ( South Africa, Western Cape Province).

Note. Aedeagus as in Fig. 47 , male tergite 10 as in Fig. 48 , male sternite 9 as in Fig. 49 .

Figures

FIGURES 47–52. 47–49: Stenus capicola L. Benick, Olifantsbos. 50–52: Stenus deductus Puthz, Highmoor. 47, 50, aedeagus dorsal; 48, 51, male tergite 10; 49, 52, male sternite 9. Scale 0.5 mm: 47–52.

FIGURES 67–72. Localities where Stenus species were collected. S. hippoamicus Janák, sp. nov. (67, St. Lucia; 68, Ndumo); S. volkerputhzianus Janák, sp. nov. (69, Himeville, 70, Tugella river); S. hessei L. Benick, S. capicola L. Benick, S. depressiusculus L. Benick, S. cf. grandipennis L. Benick, 1933 (71, Olifantsbos); S. spiniferoides Janák, sp. nov. (72, Langvlei).