Mesoceration

***Mesoceration*** er en slekt av palpebiller som lever i og ved ferskvann og brakkvann.

## Utseende
Små (ca. 1,5 millimeter), avlange, blankt brunlige til svarte palpebiller, palper og bein rødlige. Hodet er tilsmalnende forover, med utstående fasettøyne og lange maksillarpalper. Pronotum er avrundet sekskantet. Dekkvingene har fine punkstriper.

## Levevis
Palpebillene lever i eller ved vann. Denen slekten finnes på såkalte hygropetriske habitater, der vann risler over steiner.
 
## Utbredelse
Slekten er emdemisk for Kapp-regionen i Sør-Afrika.

## Systematisk inndeling

* Ordenen biller, **Coleoptera**
** Underordenen Polyphaga
*** Overfamilien åtsel- og rovbiller, **Staphylinoidea** (litt usikker plassering)
**** Familien **[[palpebiller]]**, **[[Hydraenidae]]**
***** Underfamilien Prosthetopinae Perkins, 1994 
****** Stammen Parasthetopini
******* Slekten ***Mesoceration*** Janssens, 1967
******** *[[Mesoceration abstrictum]]* Perkins & Balfour-Browne, 1994
******** *[[Mesoceration apicalum]]* Perkins & Balfour-Browne, 1994
******** *[[Mesoceration barriotum]]* Perkins, 2008
******** *[[Mesoceration bicurvum]]* Perkins, 2008
******** *[[Mesoceration bispinum]]* Perkins, 2008
******** *[[Mesoceration brevigranum]]* Perkins & Balfour-Browne, 1994
******** *[[Mesoceration caniplenum]]* Bilton, 2015
******** *[[Mesoceration capense]]* Janssens, 1967
******** *[[Mesoceration castaneum]]* Bilton, 2017
******** *[[Mesoceration chasmum]]* Bilton, 2017
******** *[[Mesoceration compressum]]* Perkins, 2008
******** *[[Mesoceration concavum]]* Perkins, 2008
******** *[[Mesoceration concessum]]* Perkins & Balfour-Browne, 1994
******** *[[Mesoceration curvosum]]* Perkins, 2008
******** *[[Mesoceration disjunctum]]* Perkins, 2008
******** *[[Mesoceration dissonum]]* Perkins & Balfour-Browne, 1994
******** *[[Mesoceration distinctum]]* Perkins & Balfour-Browne, 1994
******** *[[Mesoceration drakensbergense]]* Perkins, 2008
******** *[[Mesoceration durabile]]* Perkins, 2008
******** *[[Mesoceration endroedyi]]* Perkins & Balfour-Browne, 1994
******** *[[Mesoceration explanatum]]* Bilton & Mlambo, 2019
******** *[[Mesoceration foggoi]]* Bilton, 2015
******** *[[Mesoceration fusciceps]]*  Perkins & Balfour-Browne, 1994
******** *[[Mesoceration fuscipes]]*  Perkins & Balfour-Browne, 1994
******** *[[Mesoceration granulovestum]]* Perkins, 2008
******** *[[Mesoceration hantam]]* Bilton, 2014
******** *[[Mesoceration helmei]]* Bilton, 2015
******** *[[Mesoceration hirsutum]]* Bilton, 2015
******** *[[Mesoceration incarinum]]* Perkins, 2008
******** *[[Mesoceration integrum]]* Perkins, 2008
******** *[[Mesoceration jucundum]]* Perkins & Balfour-Browne, 1994
******** *[[Mesoceration languidum]]* Perkins & Balfour-Browne, 1994
******** *[[Mesoceration littlekarroo]]* Perkins, 2008
******** *[[Mesoceration longipennis]]* Perkins, 2008
******** *[[Mesoceration maluti]]* Perkins, 2008
******** *[[Mesoceration natalensis]]* Perkins, 2008
******** *[[Mesoceration pallidum]]* Perkins & Balfour-Browne, 1994
******** *[[Mesoceration periscopum]]* Perkins, 2008
******** *[[Mesoceration piceum]]* Perkins, 2008
******** *[[Mesoceration piketbergense]]* Bilton & Mlambo, 2019
******** *[[Mesoceration rapidensis]]* Perkins, 2008
******** *[[Mesoceration repandum]]* Perkins, 2008
******** *[[Mesoceration reticulatum]]* Perkins, 2008
******** *[[Mesoceration rivulare]]* Perkins & Balfour-Browne, 1994
******** *[[Mesoceration rubidum]]* Perkins & Balfour-Browne, 1994
******** *[[Mesoceration rufescens]]* Perkins & Balfour-Browne, 1994
******** *[[Mesoceration rugulosum]]* Bilton, 2015
******** *[[Mesoceration sabulosum]]* Bilton, 2017
******** *[[Mesoceration semicarinulum]]* Perkins, 2008
******** *[[Mesoceration sewefonteinense]]* Bilton, 2015
******** *[[Mesoceration sinclairi]]* Bilton, 2015
******** *[[Mesoceration splendorum]]* Perkins & Balfour-Browne, 1994
******** *[[Mesoceration sulcatulum]]* Perkins & Balfour-Browne, 1994
******** *[[Mesoceration tabulare]]* Perkins, 2008
******** *[[Mesoceration transvaalense]]* Janssens, 1971
******** *[[Mesoceration truncatum]]* Perkins & Balfour-Browne, 1994
******** *[[Mesoceration umbrosum]]* Perkins, 2008

## Referanser




## Eksterne lenker
* *Mesoceration* på GBIF https://www.gbif.org/species/4741005
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