Ochthebius (Asiobates) apache Perkins

Perkins, Philip D., 2023, New Neotropical and Nearctic species of water beetles in the genera Hydraena Kugelann and Ochthebius Leach, a key to North American genera and subgenera of the family, new distribution records, and a synopsis of ecology, behavior and morphology related to aquatic life (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae), Zootaxa 5367 (1), pp. 1-86 : 71

Ochthebius (Asiobates) apache Perkins

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Ochthebius apache Perkins 1980: 391

The following new records increases the number of specimens in collections from 44 to 54, and includes new museum depositories for the species. The species is presently known to inhabit the mountains of southeastern Arizona , the Rio Grande River drainage in New Mexico and Texas, and the state of Zacatecas, Mexico .

New records: U.S.A.: Arizona, Cochise Co., Rustler’s Park , Chiricahua Mountains , (31°54’N, 109°17’W), 4.viii.2003, leg. A. E. Z. Short (AS-03-037) (3 MCZ); Texas, Jeff Davis Co. , Davis Mts. Resort, upper Limpia Creek Cyn. , (30°38’N, 104°8’W), 5.viii.2000, leg. E. G. Riley (7 TAMU) .

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FIGURE 38. Dorsal habitus of representative species of Nearctic Hydraenidae.