Ochthebius (Ochthebius) mahmoodi Jäch & Delgado 2014

Published records. JÄCH & DELGADO (2014).

Material examined. Loc.8: 2 ♁♁; Loc. 12: 19 spec. (1 ♁ used for DNA extraction, voucher No. IBE-RA126, sequences published in ABELLÁN et al. 2013 as Ochthebius nr. difficilis; VILLASTRIGO et al. 2019).

Notes. Ochthebius mahmoodi was described based on specimens from the UAE and Oman, which in part had been misidentified as O. monseti Jäch & Delgado, 2010, as both species were said to be indistinguishable based on external morphology (JÄCH & DELGADO 2014). However, based on molecular data of specimens of both species from Oman they are not even sisters, being O. monseti sister to the Iberian O. montesi Ferro, 1984, and O. mahmoodi sister to O. micans Balfour-Browne, 1951 (specimen from Djibouti), all at considerable genetic distance (VILLASTRIGO et al. 2019).