Ochthebius (Ochthebius) bifoveolatus Waltl, 1835

Lamine, Smail, Lounaci, Abdelkader & Bennas, Nard, 2019, Biodiversity and chorology of aquatic beetles (Coleoptera: Elmidae and Hydraenidae) in Kabylia (central-north Algeria). New records and updates, Zootaxa 4700 (1), pp. 102-116 : 109

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4700.1.5
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:19D6B3B3-90EE-4018-9236-436D11A98230
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5619516
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A22987E7-FFE3-FF9E-FF0C-61BCFEFB01FF
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Ochthebius (Ochthebius) bifoveolatus Waltl, 1835
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Treatment

Ochthebius (Ochthebius) bifoveolatus Waltl, 1835 View in CoL

Material examined. TG2: 26- VI- 2014 (3 exs.).

Chorotype. West-Mediterranean.

In North Africa, the species was known only from Morocco ( Jäch & Skale 2015). Our collection from Aïn Spring Djemâa-Tarchi located at 1200 m on the massif of the Djurdjura (Kabylia) constitutes the first record of the species from Algeria. In Kabylia, O. bifoveolatus was found in a natural spring, not under immediate threat, among semi-submerged mosses.

In Morocco, the species is found in several regions in the Rif and the Atlas Mountains ( Bennas et al. 2001; Benamar 2015).