Ochthebius (s.str.) interruptus LeConte

Perkins, Philip D., 2023, New Neotropical and Nearctic species of water beetles in the genera Hydraena Kugelann and Ochthebius Leach, a key to North American genera and subgenera of the family, new distribution records, and a synopsis of ecology, behavior and morphology related to aquatic life (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae), Zootaxa 5367 (1), pp. 1-86 : 77

Ochthebius (s.str.) interruptus LeConte

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Ochthebius interruptus LeConte, 1852: 210

The new records below document new localities and a new depository for identified specimens of this species. The species is widely distributed, from southern British Columbia south through the coastal mountains of Washington, Oregon and California to northern Baja California.

New records: Mexico: Baja California, Miller’s Landing , 15.iv.1987, leg. F. Andrews & A. Gilbert (20 CDFA) . U.S.A.: California, Monterey Co., Hunter Liggett Military Reservation , 28.ix.1971, leg. A. R. Gillogly (1 TAMU) ; Orange Co., Bolsa Chica Marsh , 15.xii.1970, leg. G. L. Challet (7 TAMU) ; Santa Barbara Co., Coal Oil Point Reserve (sea level), 11.viii.2004, leg. A. E. Z. Short (AS-04-128) (2 MCZ) ; Santa Clara Co., Mount Hamilton , 6 mi. N. Lick, 7.viii.1968, leg. A. R. Gillogly (3 TAMU) .

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FIGURE 38. Dorsal habitus of representative species of Nearctic Hydraenidae.