Perkins Philip D
Department of Entomology, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA.; Email:
Zootaxa. 2015 Apr 20;3948(1):41-59. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3948.1.3.
The southern African species of the water beetle genus Limnebius Leach, 1815, are revised. Eleven new species are described, based on the examination and databasing of 6,201 specimens from 96 localities/events. Male genitalia are illustrated, and high resolution habitus images of the holotypes are provided. Distribution maps are provided for the eleven species now known from southern Africa, including Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and the extreme southern part of Angola. New species of Limnebius are: L. capensis (South Africa: Western Cape Province, W. Cape, Hawequas); L. convexus (South Africa: Western Cape Province, Little Karroo, Raubenheimer Dam); L. endroedyi (Namibia: C. Namib desert, Numis Wasser); L. kavango (Namibia: Kavango: Mahango Game Reserve); L. masculinus (South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal Province, Hluhluwe Game Reserve); L. probus (South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal Province, Zululand, Dukuduku Forest Station); L. quantillus (South Africa: Limpopo Province, N. Transvaal, Mmabolela estate); L. retiolus (South Africa: Northern Cape Province, Cape Farm Ezelsfontein); L. speculus (South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal Province, Hluhluwe Game Reserve); L. suaviculus (South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal Province, Tugela River near Olivershoek road); L. transversus (South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal Province, Mtubatuba).
对水甲虫属Limnebius Leach（1815年）的南部非洲物种进行了修订。基于对来自96个地点/事件的6201个标本的检查和数据库分析，描述了11个新物种。文中展示了雄性生殖器，并提供了模式标本的高分辨率整体照。给出了目前已知分布于南部非洲（包括纳米比亚、南非、赞比亚、津巴布韦以及安哥拉最南部）的这11个物种的分布图。Limnebius属的新物种有：开普Limnebius（南非：西开普省，西开普，哈韦夸斯）；凸背Limnebius（南非：西开普省，小卡鲁，劳本海默大坝）；恩氏Limnebius（纳米比亚：纳米布沙漠中部，努米斯瓦塞尔）；卡万戈Limnebius（纳米比亚：卡万戈：马汉戈禁猎区）；雄性Limnebius（南非：夸祖鲁 - 纳塔尔省，伊卢赫卢韦禁猎区）；正直Limnebius（南非：夸祖鲁 - 纳塔尔省，祖鲁兰，杜库杜库森林站）；微小Limnebius（南非：林波波省，北德兰士瓦，姆马博莱拉庄园）；网纹Limnebius（南非：北开普省，开普农场埃泽尔斯方丹）；镜状Limnebius（南非：夸祖鲁 - 纳塔尔省，伊卢赫卢韦禁猎区）；温和Limnebius（南非：夸祖鲁 - 纳塔尔省，奥利弗肖克路附近的图盖拉河）；横带Limnebius（南非：夸祖鲁 - 纳塔尔省，姆图巴图巴）。
