Ochthebius (Asiobates) bonnairei Guillebeau, 1896

Lamine, Smail, Lounaci, Abdelkader & Bennas, Nard, 2019, Biodiversity and chorology of aquatic beetles (Coleoptera: Elmidae and Hydraenidae) in Kabylia (central-north Algeria). New records and updates, Zootaxa 4700 (1), pp. 102-116 : 108

Ochthebius (Asiobates) bonnairei Guillebeau, 1896

Material examined. IG2 : 18-V-2013 (5 exs.) , SA1 : 12-VI-2013 (5 exs.) , SA2 : 12-VI-2013 (4 exs.) , SA3 : 12-VI- 2013 (3 exs.) , TR: 5-V-2015 (3 exs.), AA: 18-V-2014 (3 exs.), KH: 14-VI-13 (3 exs.), D1: 23-IV-2014 (3 exs.), O1: 16-VI-2014 (3 exs.); 26-V-2015 (6 exs.) , O2: 16-VI-2014 (8 exs.), O3: 9-V-2013 (3 exs.); 16-VI-2014 (3 exs.) ; 26-V-2015 (9 exs.), O4: 26-V-2015 (5 exs.), BO1: 18-V-2014 (84 exs.), BO2: 26-VI-2014 (3 exs.), TG1: 18-V-2014 (64 exs.), TG2: 18-V-2014 (96 exs.).

Chorotype. West-Mediterranean.

In North Africa, O. bonnairei is recorded from Algeria and Morocco ( Jäch & Skale 2015). In Algeria, it was recorded only from Mouzaïa, Atlas de Blida and the Djurdjura ( Jäch 1990).

In Kabylia, O. bonnairei is one of the most common Hydraenidae found in 64% of sampling sites at altitudes between 370 m and 1450 m. The species inhabits three habitat types sampled in the study area. 12 out of 16 sampling sites where O. bonnairei occurs in Kabylia are impacted by grazing, domestic water pollution and water extraction. In Morocco the species was recorded from a few localities in the Rif, the Middle and High Atlas mountains ( Bennas et al. 2001; Benamar 2015).