Biodiversity and chorology of aquatic beetles (Coleoptera: Elmidae and Hydraenidae) in Kabylia (central-north Algeria). New records and updates Author Lamine, Smail Author Lounaci, Abdelkader Author Bennas, Nard text Zootaxa 2019 2019-11-18 4700 1 102 116 journal article 24871 10.11646/zootaxa.4700.1.5 c34a0b8a-e322-449a-903b-e0f61bdc8987 1175-5326 3545386 19D6B3B3-90EE-4018-9236-436D11A98230 Ochthebius ( Ochthebius ) bifoveolatus Waltl, 1835 Material examined. TG2: 26- VI- 2014 ( 3 exs. ). Chorotype. West-Mediterranean. In North Africa, the species was known only from Morocco ( Jäch & Skale 2015 ). Our collection from Aïn Spring Djemâa-Tarchi located at 1200 m on the massif of the Djurdjura (Kabylia) constitutes the first record of the species from Algeria . In Kabylia, O. bifoveolatus was found in a natural spring, not under immediate threat, among semi-submerged mosses. In Morocco , the species is found in several regions in the Rif and the Atlas Mountains ( Bennas et al . 2001 ; Benamar 2015 ).