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Ochthebius (Ochthebius) difficilis Mulsant 1844

  • 1. LESCB URL-CNRST N ° 18, FS, Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Tetouan, Morocco.
  • 2. LESCB URL-CNRST N ° 18, FS, Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Tetouan, Morocco. & nbennas @ uae. ac. ma; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 3819 - 2717
  • 3. LESCB URL-CNRST N ° 18, FS, Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Tetouan, Morocco. & hassoun. mustapha-etu @ uae. ac. ma; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9904 - 1774
  • 4. Departamento de Ecología e Hidrología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Murcia, Murcia, Spain.

Description

Ochthebius (Ochthebius) difficilis Mulsant, 1844

Material examined. Rif and Pré-Rif: Chefchaouen. 1 m, S197, 26. V.2009. Tétouan. 1 m, 1 f, S133, 28 -VIII-2001. Taza (first record). 2 exs., S348, 30.III.1997. Oriental Plateau: Jerada (first record). 1 m, 1 f, S112, 23.III.2008. 4 m, 9 f, S214, 19.III.2008. Berkane (first record). 9 exs., S351, 15.VII.1997. High Atlas: Marrakech. 1 m, S298, 02. VI.2005. Errachidia (first record). 7 exs., S352, 16.VII.1997. Ouarzazate. 1 ex., S341, 19.VII.1997. Anti Atlas: Agadir Ida-Outanane (first record). 3 exs., S323, 20.VII.1997. 3 exs., S346, 21.IV.2001. 7 exs., S385, 23.VII.1997. Taroudant. 2 exs., S367, 03.I.1985.

Chorotype. Mediterranean.

Distribution in North Africa. Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia (Jäch & Skale 2015).

Moroccan distribution. Rif and Pré-Rif: Tétouan, Chefchaouen, Al Hoceima and Nador (Bennas et al. 2001). Oriental Plateau: Figuig (Chavanon et al. 2004; Mabrouki et al. 2018). Middle Atlas: Béni-Mellal (Jäch 1992b). High Atlas: Ouarzazate and Marrakech (Jäch 1992b). Anti Atlas: Taroudant (Jäch 1992b).

Notes

Published as part of Benamar, Loubna, Bennas, Nard, Hassoun, Mustapha & Millán, Andrés, 2022, Checklist of Moroccan aquatic beetles (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae Mulsant, 1844) New records and updates, pp. 451-504 in Zootaxa 5129 (4) on page 464, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5129.4.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6503966

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References

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