Orectochilus assimilis Ochs

Gupta, Devanshu, Sonali, Shipra, Wani, Irtiza, Ghosh, Priyanka, Ghosh, Asim Kumar & Ghosh, Sujit Kumar, 2025, A comprehensive taxonomic review of Indian Gyrinidae (Coleoptera): new combinations, geographic distribution, and annotated species checklist, Journal of Natural History 59 (17 - 20), pp. 1267-1338 : 1299

Orectochilus assimilis Ochs

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Orectochilus assimilis Ochs, 1957, p. 318 .

Orectochilus ( Patrus) assimilis : Vazirani 1977b: 280, 1984: 107, figs. 30C, 43B.

Type locality

Karnataka, Mysore, Bhadrawati ( Ochs 1957).

Distribution in India ( Figure 15 (b))

Kerala, Karnataka (Bhadrawati), and Maharashtra (Pune, Jog Hill).

Figures

Figure 15. Map of India showing the distribution of Indian species of Gyrinidae: (a) Gyrinus convexiusculus, G. distinctus, G. smaragdinus; (b) Orectochilus assimilis, O. castesi, M. arrowi; (c) Patrus ahlwarthi, O. murinus murinus, O. murinus occidentalis, O. nuristanicus himalayensis, O. orbisonorum; (d) P. aenipennis, P. andamanarum, P. annandalei, P. brincki, P. cavernicola.