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Ochthebius (Aulacochthebius) exaratus

  • 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 (Aulacochthebius) exaratus (Mulsant, 1844)

Material examined. Rif and Pré-Rif: Ouezzane (first record). 1 ex., S345, 11.IV.1998. Tanger. 1 m, S148, 10.VII.2006. 2 m, S260, 21.IV.2006. Tétouan. 2 m, 6 f, S217, 12.IV.2007. Oriental Plateau (first record): Jerada. 1 m, S112, 21.III.2008. Central Plateau: Kénitra. 1 m, S71, 17.IV.2008. 5 exs., S327, 12.IV.2007. Anti Atlas (first record): Guelmim. 2 m, S193, 02.IV.2007.

Chorotype. Palaearctic-Afrotropical.

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

Moroccan distribution. Rif and Pré-Rif: Tanger (Escalera 1914; Bennas et al. 2001), Tétouan, Larache (Bennas et al. 2001). Central Plateau: Kénitra (Orchymont 1935) and Rabat (Kocher 1958).

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 pages 462-463, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5129.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6503966

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References

  • Jach, M. A. & Skale, A. (2015) Hydraenidae. In: Lobl, I. & Lobl, D. (Eds.), Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 2. Hydrophiloidea - Staphylinoidea. Revised and Updated Edition. Brill, Leiden, pp. 130 - 162.
  • Escalera, M. (1914) Los coleopteros de Marruecos. Trabajo del Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales Madrid, Serie Zoologica, 11, 56 - 64.
  • Bennas, N., Sainz-Cantero, C. E. & Ouarour, A. (2001) Nouvelles donnees sur les Coleopteres aquatiques du Maroc: Les Hydraenidae Mulsant, 1844 (Coleoptera) du Rif. Zoologica Baetica, 12, 135 - 168.
  • Kocher, L. (1958) Catalogue commente des coleopteres du Maroc. Fascicule II. Travaux de L'Institut Scientifique Cherifien et de la Faculte Des Sciences, Serie Zoologie, 14, 1 - 246.