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Ochthebius (Ochthebius) mediterraneus

  • 1. LESCB URL-CNRST N ° 18, FS, Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Tetouan, Morocco.
  • 2. LESCB URL-CNRST N ° 18, FS, Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Tetouan, Morocco. & nbennas @ uae. ac. ma; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 3819 - 2717
  • 3. LESCB URL-CNRST N ° 18, FS, Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Tetouan, Morocco. & hassoun. mustapha-etu @ uae. ac. ma; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9904 - 1774
  • 4. Departamento de Ecología e Hidrología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain.

Description

Ochthebius (Ochthebius) mediterraneus (Ieniştea, 1988)

Material examined. Rif and Pré-Rif: Chefchaouen. 1 m, S61, 12.VII.2008. 1 m, S93, 30. VI.2003. 1 m, S129, 12.VII.2008. 1 m, 1 f, S153, 30.IV.2009. 1 m, S197, 26. V.2009. 10 m, 10 f, S202, 30. VI.2005. Larache. 1 m, 1 f, S84, 12.VII.2007. Ouezzane (first record). 6 exs., S345, 11.IV.1998. Taounate. 4 exs., S347, 07.IV.1998. Taza. 3 m, S89, 04.IV.2008. 2 m, 3 f, S187, 04.IV.2008. 5 exs., S348, 10.IV.1997. 7 exs., S348, 05.IV.1998. Tétouan. 1 m, S173, 08. VI.1991. Oriental Plateau: Berkane (first record). 14 exs., S343, 17.VII.1997. 31 exs., S351, 15.VII.1997. Figuig. 2 m, 3 f, S125, 20.III.2008. 1 m, S169, 20.III.2008. Jerada. 3 m, S112, 21.III.2008. 13 m, 10 f, S213, 18.III.2008. 27 m, 30 f, S214, 19.III.2008. Central Plateau (first record): Benslimane. 5 exs., S383, 01.II.2009. Middle Atlas: Azilal (first record). 5 exs., S335, 03.IV.1997. Ifrane (first record). 1 m, S39, 21.IV.2008. Khemisset (first record). 1 m, S186, 17.IV.2008. Séfrou (first record). 6 exs., S330, 09.IV.1998. Meknès (first record). 4 exs., S334, 08.IV.2007. High Atlas: Errachidia (first record). 8 m, 9 f, S221, 04. V.2006. 29 exs., S382, 08.IV.1999. Marrakech. 3 m, 5 f, S20, 07. V.2011. 1 m, S21, 22. VI.2005. 3 m, 5 f, S178bis, 07. V.2011. Ouarzazate (first record). 4 exs., S328, 20.VII.1997. 3 exs., S339, 18.VII.1997. 2 exs., S341, 19.VII.1997. 3 exs., S356, 19.IV.2001. Anti Atlas: Agadir Ida-Outanane. 2 exs., S342, 21.VII.1997. 111 exs., S346, 21.IV.2001. 2 exs., S385, 23.VII.1997. Guelmim (first record). 10 exs., S353, 17.IV.2001. 5 exs., S372, 18.IV.2001. Tata (first record). 11 exs., S324, 22.VII.1997. Saharan domain (first record): Errfoud . 12 m, 15 f, S177, 06. V.2006.

Chorotype. Mediterranean.

Distribution in North Africa. Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia (Jäch & Skale 2015).

Moroccan distribution. Rif and Pré-Rif: Chefchaouen, Tétouan, Al Hoceima, Larache, Tanger, Taza, Taounate (Bennas et al. 2001) and Nador (Bennas et al. 2001; Chavanon et al. 2004). Oriental Plateau: Figuig (Chavanon et al. 2004; Mabrouki et al. 2018). Middle Atlas: Khénifra and Fès (Orchymont 1942; Jäch 1991). High Atlas: Marrakech (Orchymont 1942; Jäch 1991). Anti Atlas: Agadir Ida-Outanane and Taroudant (Orchymont 1942; Jäch 1991).

Notes

Published as part of Benamar, Loubna, Bennas, Nard, Hassoun, Mustapha & Millán, Andrés, 2022, Checklist of Moroccan aquatic beetles (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae Mulsant, 1844) New records and updates, pp. 451-504 in Zootaxa 5129 (4) on page 466, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5129.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6503966

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References

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