Ochthebius (Asiobates) browni Perkins

Ochthebius browni Perkins 1980: 393

The new records below document new localities, including a new Mexico state record, and raises the total known specimens of this rarely collected species from three to 10. The species is now known from Mexico, Mexico, and Oaxaca.

New record: Mexico: Oaxaca, 85 km N Oaxaca City, hwy 175, 2.x.1990, leg. R. Baranowski (1 LUM) ; Estado de México, Texcoco, Tequesquinahuac, 19.iv.1986, 19°25’45’’ N, 98° 48’ 00’‘W, 640 m, arroyito, R. Arce col. (1 IEXA) ; Ciudad de México, Delegación Cuajimalpa, P.N. Desierto de los Leones, 30.v.1987, 19°18’52’’N, 99°18’37’’W, 2968 m, R. Arce col. (5 IEXA) .