Ochthebius (Asiobates) similis Sharp

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 : 73

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5367.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10166765
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scientific name	Ochthebius (Asiobates) similis Sharp
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Ochthebius (Asiobates) similis Sharp View in CoL

Ochthebius similis Sharp, 1882:92 View in CoL

The new record below documents a new locality, the first for Chiapas, Mexico, for this very rarely collected species, raising the number of identified specimens in museum collections from 12 to 23. The species is presently known from Guatemala City View in CoL , central Mexico, and central Arizona.

New record: Mexico: Chiapas, San Cristobal de las Casas (10 km S), 21.v.1981, leg. P. J. Spangler (11 NMNH) .