New species and new collection records of aquatic beetles in the genus Ochthebius Leach from southern Africa (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae) Author Perkins, Philip D. text Zootaxa 2011 3093 1 34 journal article 46041 10.5281/zenodo.279058 aadbfc66-59f3-4ecb-af49-5788c22fa7e0 1175-5326 279058 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 ).