Ochthebius (s.str.) lecontei Perkins

Ochthebius lecontei Perkins 1980: 308

The new record below documents a new locality and a new depository for identified specimens of this species, which is now known from 46 specimens. This species has an unusual distribution, with specimens from the Great Basin (southwestern Utah; northeastern Nevada), the Columbia Plateau (western Washington) and southern British Columbia. One locality is known in the Rocky Mountains of southwestern Montana.

New record: Canada: British Columbia, Chilcotin (Riske Creek), Lake Lye, (52°1’N, 122°29’E), 8.v.1968, leg. G. G. E. Scudder (1 UBC) .