Ochthebius (Gymnochthebius) fossatus LeConte

Perkins, Philip D., 2023, New Neotropical and Nearctic species of water beetles in the genera Hydraena Kugelann and Ochthebius Leach, a key to North American genera and subgenera of the family, new distribution records, and a synopsis of ecology, behavior and morphology related to aquatic life (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae), Zootaxa 5367 (1), pp. 1-86 : 75

Ochthebius (Gymnochthebius) fossatus LeConte

Ochthebius fossatus Leconte, 1855: 362

The following collection/deposition data include the first records for Honduras, Nicaragua, and Paraguay. The data also includes several first museum depositories for the species. The extensive range of this species extends southward from the southern United States through Central America and the Antilles to northern South America, Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina.

New records: Cuba: Cienfuegos, Cienfuegos (40km S) at RioArimao , 14.ii.1981, leg. P. J. Spangler & A. Vega (2 NMNH) ; Havana, Havana (67km E), Lake at Palmarejo , 26.iv.1983, leg. P. J. Spangler & I. Fernandez (3 NMNH) ; Playa Jibacoa , 4.ii.1981, leg. P. Spangler, A. Vega & M. Rosabal (2 NMNH) ; Matanzas, Palpite (1km NE), Zapata swamp, 2.v.1983, leg. P. J. Spangler (1 NMNH) ; Pinar del Rio, San Vicente , 7.ii.1981, leg. P. J. Spangler & A. Vega (1 NMNH) ; Soroa , 5–6.ii.1981, leg. P. J. Spangler & A. Vega (19 NMNH) ; Guatemala: Escuintla, 17 mi. E. Escuintla, 8.vii.1965, leg. P. J. Spangler (1 MCZ) ; Honduras: Choluteca, San Marcos Colon , 28.vii.1965, leg. P. J. Spangler (1 MCZ) ; Francisco Morazan, Talanga , (14°17’N, 87°14’W), 22.v.1996, leg. F. Andrews & A. Gilbert (1 CDFA) ; Mexico: Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, 3–5.viii.1963, leg. P. J. Spangler (38 MCZ) ; Durango, Morcillo, Lake Pena del Aquila , 28.vi.1964, leg. P. J. Spangler (9 MCZ) ; Tamaulipas, Nr. San Antonio, 27.xii.1969, leg. F. N. Young (95 MCZ) ; Nicaragua: Matagalpa, km 77.6 Panam Hwy , 4.viii.2002, leg. Willam D. Shepard (4 MCZ) ; Paraguay: Central, San Lorenzo , (25°20’33’’S, 57°30’53’’W), 11.x.1986, leg. J. Kochalka (14 NMNH) ; Puerto Rico: Hwy. 3, Km. 38.1, nr. Fajardo, 31.xii.1962, leg. Paul & Phyllis Spangler (12 NMNH) ; U.S.A.: Oklahoma, Grady Co., Tuttle , 3.ix.2004, leg. Brian Baldwin (1 BBC) ; same locality, 6.ix.2004, leg. Brian Baldwin (1 BBC) ; same locality, 20.v.2005, leg. Brian Baldwin (1 BBC) ; same locality, 1–30.vi.2005, leg. Brian Baldwin (5 BBC) ; same locality, 3.vi.2005, leg. Brian Baldwin (3 BBC) ; same locality, 6.vii.2005, leg. Brian Baldwin (3 BBC) ; same locality, 7.vii.2005, leg. Brian Baldwin (2 BBC) ; same locality, 8.vii.2005, leg. Brian Baldwin (2 BBC) ; same locality, 9.vii.2005, leg. Brian Baldwin (2 BBC) ; same locality, 11.vii.2005, leg. Brian Baldwin (1 BBC) ; same locality, 18.vii.2005, leg. Brian Baldwin (1 BBC) ; same locality, 22.viii.2005, leg. Brian Baldwin (6 BBC) ; same locality, 23.viii.2005, leg. Brian Baldwin (1 BBC) ; same locality, 24.viii.2005, leg. Brian Baldwin (1 BBC) ; same locality, 6.ix.2005, leg. Brian Baldwin (1 BBC) ; same locality, 21.ix.2005, leg. Brian Baldwin (1 BBC) ; same locality, 20.v.2006, leg. Brian Baldwin (1 BBC) ; same locality, 25.v.2006, leg. Brian Baldwin (1 BBC) ; same locality, 4.viii.2006, leg. Brian Baldwin (1 BBC) ; Texas, Brewster Co., Hwy. 170, 1.7 mi. E. Lajitas, 2.viii.2003, leg. A. E. Z. Short (AS-03-029) (3 SEMC) ; Jeff Davis Co., Creek crossing Route 118, 1.viii.2003, leg. A. E. Z. Short (AS-03-016) (1 SEMC) ; Somervell Co., Dinosaur Valley St. Pk., Paluxy River , 18.iii.2000, leg. E. G. Riley (7 TAMU) ; Uvalde Co., Rio Frio near Concan , 12.xii.1984, leg. P. D. Perkins (2 MCZ) .