An annotated checklist of the aquatic Polyphaga (Coleoptera) of Egypt I. Family Hydraenidae Author Salah, Mohamed Zoology & Entomology Department, Faculty of Science, Helwan University, 11795 - Helwan, Cairo, Egypt Author Cueto, Juan Antonio Régil Department of Biodiversity & Environmental Management (Zoology), León University, 24071 - León, Spain Author Valladares, Luis F. Department of Biodiversity & Environmental Management (Zoology), León University, 24071 - León, Spain lfvald@unileon.es text Zootaxa 2014 2014-10-16 3873 3 275 284 journal article 5296 10.11646/zootaxa.3873.3.6 583c2a18-5e1a-4ea4-97f3-063fd5773d08 1175-5326 4948187 A44EA760-3184-49C1-85D2-5DA5F21D056C Ochthebius (Ochthebius) auropallens Fairmaire, 1879 Kuwert (1890) mentioned that the distribution of Ochthebius auropallens Fairmaire, 1879 is throughout North Africa including Egypt . We have not been able to verify other literature records of this species from Egypt . The species was not included in the coleopteran lists of Storey (1916) and Alfieri (1976) . In addition, the species was not included in the revision of Jäch (1992b) and also not included in the catalogues of Hansen (1998) and Jäch (2004) . The species is known from Israel and many North African Countries such as Algeria , Morocco and Tunisia ( Jäch 1992b , 2004 ; Hansen 1998 ).