Hydrochus smaragdineus Fairmaire, 1879

Benamar, Loubna, Bennas, Nard, Henegouwen, Arno Van Berge, García-Meseguer, Antonio José, Hassoun, Mustapha, Benali, Naouar & Millán, Andrés, 2024, The Hydrochidae (Coleoptera) of Morocco with a redescription of Hydrochus cf. obtusicollis Fairmaire, 1877, Zootaxa 5458 (2), pp. 197-228 : 201

Hydrochus smaragdineus Fairmaire, 1879

Material examined. Rif and Pré-Rif: Chefchaouen. 1 ♂, S174, 20 -X-2008. Larache . 2 ♂, 4 ♀, S166, 12 -VII-2007. Tanger (first record). 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 08-II-1931 (Arno van Berge Henegouwen det). Taounate (first record). 16 exs, S380, 14-VII-1997 . Central Plateau : Benslimane (first record). 5 exs, S336, 10-IV-2007 . Middle Atlas : Meknès (first record). 3 exs, S334, 08-IV-2007 . 1 ex., S379, 8-IV-2007. 12 exs, S389, 8-IV-2007. Khémisset (first record). 17 exs, S337, 09-IV-2007 . 20 exs, S389, 08-IV-2007. High Atlas (first record): Ouarzazate. 20 exs, S341, 19-VII-1997 . 1 ex., S356, 19-IV-2001. Anti Atlas (first record): Agadir Ida-Outanane. 3 exs, S340, 22-VII-1997 . 29 exs, S342, 21-VII-1997. 2 exs, S346, 21-IV-2001. 1 ex., S355, 19-IV-2001. 10 exs, S367, 20-VII-1997. 3 exs, S392, 22-VII-1997. 37 exs, S393, 21-VII-1997. 43 exs, S394, 21-VII-1997. 35 exs, S381, 21-VII-1997. Taroudant. 3 exs, S329, 30/12/2002 . 1 ex., S356, 19-IV-2001. Tiznit. 29 exs, S373, 21-VII-1997 .

Chorotype. West-Mediterranean.

Distribution in North Africa. Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia ( Löbl & Löbl 2015; Przewoźny 2022)

Published Moroccan records. Rif and Pré-Rif: Chefchaouen ( Kocher 1938; Bennas 2002), Tétouan and Larache ( Bennas 2002). Oriental Plateau: Berkane ( Chavanon et al. 2004), Guercif and Jerada ( Mabrouki et al. 2018). Central Plateau: Rabat ( Kocher 1938, 1969; El Alaoui 1985). Middle Atlas : Midelt ( Mabrouki et al. 2018).