Ochthebius (s.str.) mesoamericanus Perkins

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 : 78

Ochthebius (s.str.) mesoamericanus Perkins

Ochthebius mesoamericanus Perkins 1980: 373

The new records below document new localities, including the first records for Veracruz, and three new depositories for identified specimens of this species, which is widely distributed, currently known from the mountainous areas of the state of Sonora in northwest Mexico south to Guatemala.

New records: Mexico: Chiapas, San Cristobal, 2.v.1964, leg. J. T. Polhemus (3 UGCA) ; Mexico, Temescaltepec, Real de Arriba , (19°2’22’’N, 100°0’14’’W), 1–30.vii.1932, leg. H. E. Hinton (2 UKNHM) ; Veracruz, Coatepec, Río Huehueyapan, Agua Alegre , 23.iii.2001, 19°26’55’’ N, 96°58’ 54’’W, 1195 m., R. Arce col. (8 IEXA) ; Veracruz, Coatepec, Río Pintores ( Ahuacatlan ) 29.iii.2001,19°26’55’’ N, 96°58’ 54’’W, 1195 m, R. Arce col. (8 IEXA) ; Veracruz, Coatepec, Río Huehueyapan , Agua Alegre , 24.iii.2001, 19°26’55’’ N, 96°58’ 54’’W, 1195 m, R. Arce col. (4 IEXA)