Ochthebius (s.str.) interruptus LeConte

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Ochthebius interruptus LeConte, 1852: 210

The new records below document new localities and a new depository for identified specimens of this species. The species is widely distributed, from southern British Columbia south through the coastal mountains of Washington, Oregon and California to northern Baja California.

New records: Mexico: Baja California, Miller’s Landing, 15.iv.1987, leg. F. Andrews & A. Gilbert (20 CDFA) . U.S.A.: California, Monterey Co., Hunter Liggett Military Reservation, 28.ix.1971, leg. A. R. Gillogly (1 TAMU) ; Orange Co., Bolsa Chica Marsh, 15.xii.1970, leg. G. L. Challet (7 TAMU) ; Santa Barbara Co., Coal Oil Point Reserve (sea level), 11.viii.2004, leg. A. E. Z. Short (AS-04-128) (2 MCZ) ; Santa Clara Co., Mount Hamilton, 6 mi. N. Lick, 7.viii.1968, leg. A. R. Gillogly (3 TAMU) .