Hydrochus grandicollis Kiesenwetter, 1870

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 grandicollis Kiesenwetter, 1870

Material examined. Oriental Plateau (first record): Berkane. 3 exs, S343, 17-VII-1997 . High Atlas (first record): Ouarzazate. 5 exs, S339, 18-VII-1997 . Anti Atlas (first record): Agadir Ida-Outanane. 3 exs, S323, 20-VII-1997 . 58 exs, S342, 21-VII-1997. 5 exs, S346, 21-IV-2001. 26 exs, S381, 21-VII-1997. 2 exs, S340, 22-VII-1997. 7 exs, S392, 22-VII-1997. 8 exs, S394, 21-VII-1997. 1 ex., S395, 20-VII-1997. Tata . 3 exs, S324, 18-VII-1997. 30 exs, S366, 17-IV-2001. Tiznit. 7 exs, S365, 24-IV-2000 . 58 exs, 21-VII-1997.

Chorotype. West-Mediterranean.

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

Published Moroccan records. Rif and Pré-Rif. Tanger ( d’Orchymont 1935), Ceuta ( Kocher 1958), Chefchaouen and Al Hoceima ( Bennas 2002).