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 : 26

Ochthebius (s.s.) pedalis Balfour-Browne, 1954

Fig. 23 (map)

New collection records (63 specimens): Namibia: Foram Spring, 23° 10' S, 15° 11' E, 8 vii 1986, C. J. Ward (2 TMSA); Gobabeb Salt Lake, 23° 40' S, 14° 50' E, 25 vi 1982, Bethune (5 TMSA); Swakop River, SE 2214 Da, 22° 16' S, 15° 45' E, 14 ix 1986, B. A. Curtis (3 TMSA); South Africa: Eastern Cape Province: Salt marsh at St. Francis Bay, 34° 8' S, 24° 50' E, 27 viii 2004, G. L. Challet (3 NMW); 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 (8 NMW); Western Cape Province: Darling, wetland 33.1, 33° 8' S, 18° 27' E, 20 ix 2007, M. Mlambo & M. Bird (2 UCT); Darling, wetland 33.2, 33° 8' S, 18° 27' E, 20 ix 2007, M. Mlambo & M. Bird (5 UCT); Pond No. of Wydgelee, 34° 22' S, 20° 25' E, 3 iii 1997, G. L. Challet (2 NMW); Richtersveld, Brandkaross, Oranje, shorewashing, Oranje, 28° 29' S, 16° 41' E, 4 viii 1989, Endrödy & Klimaszewski (1 TMSA); Richtersveld, Brandkaross, Oranje, shorewashing, river, 28° 29' S, 16° 41' E, 2 viii 1989, Endrödy & Klimaszewski (1 TMSA); River at Elaandsbaai, brackish water, 32° 18' S, 18° 21' E, 24 viii 2004, G. L. Challet (13 NMW); Sout River at Hopefield, 33° 3' S, 18° 21' E, 24 viii 2004, G. L. Challet (1 NMW).

Distribution. A wide distribution pattern, coastal or near coastal, from northernmost Namibia south to the Western Cape Province ( Fig. 23 ).

Figures

FIGURES 23 – 24. Geographical distributions of Ochthebius. 23. O. pedalis. 24. O. pagotrichus.