Ochthebius

Perkins, Philip D., 2011, New species and new collection records of aquatic beetles in the genus Ochthebius Leach from southern Africa (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae), Zootaxa 3093, pp. 1-34 : 27

Ochthebius (s.s.) spatulus Balfour-Browne, 1954

Fig. 22 (map)

New collection records (29 specimens): South Africa: Eastern Cape Province: Creek at Mt. Stewart cutoff near Jansenville, 32° 56' S, 24° 40' E, 12 ii 1995, G. Challet (1 MCZ); Free State Province: 5 mi. W. Caledon, 30° 11' S, 26° 6' E, 11 iii 1968, P. J. Spangler (2 USNM); Western Cape Province: 1.3 km So. Hwy N2 on road to Vlees Bay, 34° 17' S, 21° 50' E, 3 xii 1995, G. L. Challet (1 NMW); Pond No. of Gouritsmond, 34° 21' S, 21° 52' E, 3 xii 1996, G. L. Challet (2 NMW); Stream near Malagas, 34° 17' S, 20° 34' E, 4 xii 1995, G. L. Challet (2 NMW); 8 mi. E. Wilderness, 33° 58' S, 22° 43' E, 13 iii 1968, P. J. Spangler (1 USNM); Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve, 34° 16' S, 18° 25' E, 7–10 iii 1968, P. J. Spangler (1 USNM); Karoo NP, lux, 32° 19' S, 22° 30' E, 13 xi 1993, M. Uhlig (1 ZMHB); Plettenberg Bay, 34° 5' S, 23° 25' E, 14 iii 1968, P. J. Spangler (1 USNM); Pond near Berg River So. of Hwy 399, 32° 48' S, 18° 12' E, 25 v 2006, G. L. Challet (1 NMW); Sout River at Hopefield, 33° 3' S, 18° 21' E, 24 viii 2004, G. L. Challet (5 NMW); Sout River, Cape Town, wetland 10.1, submerged vegetation, 33° 42' S, 18° 28' E, 17 ix 2007, M. Mlambo & M. Bird (1 UCT); Sout River, Cape Town, wetland 10.2, emergent vegetation, 33° 42' S, 18° 28' E, 17 ix 2007, M. Mlambo & M. Bird (1 UCT); Wildcliff Nature Preserve, “Bridge Pool”, 33° 58' S, 21° 2' E, 1 vii – 30 viii 2008, Z. Gidó (9 AMG).

Distribution. This species has a moderately wide distribution pattern, mostly in the southern part of South Africa ( Fig. 22 ).

Figures

FIGURES 21 – 22. Geographical distributions of Ochthebius. 21. O. salinarius. 22. O. spatulus.