Ochthebius

Perkins, Philip D., 2011, New species and new collection records of aquatic beetles in the genus Ochthebius Leach from southern Africa (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae), Zootaxa 3093, pp. 1-34 : 25

Ochthebius (s.s.) extremus (Péringuey), 1892

Fig. 28 (map)

New collection records (85 specimens): South Africa: Northern Cape Province: Dermbergsdraaifarm, shore washing, 30° 48' S, 17° 43' E, 19 ix 1994, Endrödy & Bellamy (#3020) (17 TMSA); Transvaal Province: Pond in river at Elaandsbaai, brackish water, 32° 18' S, 18° 21' E, 24 viii 2004, G. L. Challet (1 NMW); Western Cape Province: 20 km W Bredasdorp, 34° 31' S, 19° 50' E, 6 i 1994, Wewalka (17) (2 NMW); Cape Agulhas, Soetendalsvlei, 34° 43' S, 19° 59' E, 1 i 1992, Mazzoldi (33 NMW); Pond on road to Elim from Cape Agulhas, 34° 39' S, 19° 54' E, 4 xii 1995, G. L. Challet (9 NMW); Stream near Malagas, 34° 17' S, 20° 34' E, 4 xii 1995, G. L. Challet (1 NMW); 8 mi. E. Wilderness, 33° 58' S, 22° 43' E, 13 iii 1968, P. J. Spangler (6 USNM); Agulhas Plain, wetland 110.2, emergent vegetation, 34° 41' S, 19° 43' E, 11 x 2007, M. Mlambo & M. Bird (2 UCT); Agulhas Plain, wetland 112.2, submerged vegetation, 34° 43' S, 19° 45' E, 11 x 2007, M. Mlambo & M. Bird (4 UCT); Agulhas Plain, wetland 116.1, 34° 36' S, 19° 57' E, 13 x 2007, M. Mlambo & M. Bird (2 UCT); Agulhas Plain, wetland 123.2, 34° 45' S, 19° 54' E, 14 x 2007, M. Mlambo & M. Bird (1 UCT); Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve, 34° 16' S, 18° 25' E, 7–10 iii 1968, P. J. Spangler (2 USNM); Cape Town, 33° 55' S, 18° 25' E ,, [no collector or date on label] (2 USNM); Darling, wetland 33.3, 33° 8' S, 18° 27' E, 20 ix 2007, M. Mlambo & M. Bird (2 UCT); De Hoop Nature Reserve, wetland 128.2, emergent vegetation, 33° 24' S, 20° 33' E, 20 viii 2007, M. Mlambo & M. Bird (1 UCT); Plettenberg Bay, 34° 5' S, 23° 25' E, 14 iii 1968, P. J. Spangler (1 USNM); Rondevlei, wetland 139.3, 34° 21' S, 18° 52' E, 26 x 2007, M. Mlambo & M. Bird (1 UCT); Soetendalsvlei, wetland 140.3, open water, 34° 43' S, 19° 58' E, 14 x 2007, M. Mlambo & M. Bird (1 UCT); Veldrift, wetland 39.3, 32° 46' S, 18° 13' E, 21 ix 2007, M. Mlambo & M. Bird (3 UCT); Veldrift, wetland 40.1, submerged vegetation, 32° 49' S, 18° 6' E, 21 ix 2007, M. Mlambo & M. Bird (1 UCT).

Distribution. Currently known only from the southern extreme of the Western Cape Province, where it is comparatively commonly collected ( Fig. 28 ).

Figures

FIGURES 25 – 28. Geographical distributions of Ochthebius. 25. O. namibiensis. 26. O. sitiensis. 27. O. bupunctus. 28. O. extremus.