Ochthebius (Asiobates) andronius d'Orchymont 1948
Creators: name: Perkins, Philip D.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Hydraenidae
Ochthebius
Ochthebius andronius

description: Ochthebius (Asiobates) andronius d'Orchymont, 1948
Fig. 17 (map)
New collection records and geographical distributions (249 specimens): Namibia: C. Namib desert, Numis Wasser, shore washing, 26° 3' S, 16° 15' E, 9 viii 1989, Endrödy-Younga & Klimaszewski (#2642) (12 TMSA); C. Namib desert, Weissenborn farm, shore washing, 26° 3' S, 16° 24' E, 9 viii 1989, Endrödy-Younga & Klimaszewski (#2643) (1 TMSA); Naukluft River, shore washing, 24° 16' S, 16° 15' E, 10 viii 1989, Endrödy-Younga & Klimaszewski (#2644) (25 TMSA); South Africa: Eastern Cape Province: 10 mi. N. Alice, 32° 37' S, 26° 56' E, 17 iii 1968, P. J. Spangler (11 USNM); 14 mi. N. Lusikisiki, 31° 10' S, 29° 35' E, 21 iii 1968, P. J. Spangler (1 USNM); 16 mi. N. Grahamstown, 33° 18' S, 26° 32' E, 17 iii 1968, P. J. Spangler (9 USNM); 5 mi. NW Grahamstown, 33° 15' S, 26° 28' E, 19 iii 1968, P. J. Spangler (2 USNM); Creek at Mt. Stewart cutoff near Jansenville, 32° 56' S, 24° 40' E, 12 ii 1995, G. Challet (1 MCZ); Great Brak River Hwy R56 at Schoombee, 31° 27' S, 25° 30' E, 17 v 2005, G. L. Challet (1 NMW); Little Karroo, Baviaanskloof N vally, river stones, 33° 37' S, 24° 15' E, 28 x 1993, Endrödy-Younga (#2916) (1 TMSA); Little Karroo, Baviaanskloof N vally, shorewashing, 33° 37' S, 24° 15' E, 28 x 1993, Endrödy-Younga (#2917) (53 TMSA); Molteno, 31° 24' S, 26° 22' E, 4 v 1955, Omer-Cooper (150) (3 SEMC); Stormberg River south of Bargersdorp, 30° 38' S, 26° 29' E, 16 v 2005, G. L. Challet (6 NMW); Wilderness NP, Langvlei, Malachite bird hide, Juncus krausi and bush litter sievings, 33° 59' S, 22° 41' E, 30 xi 1996, B. & M. Uhlig (1 ZMHB); Limpopo Province: Waterberg, Matlabas River, shore washing, 24° 25' S, 27° 36' E, 6 x 1995, Endrödy & Bellamy (3151) (7 TMSA); Waterberg, Matlabas River, water collecting, 24° 25' S, 27° 36' E, 6 x 1995, Endrödy & Bellamy (3150) (1 TMSA); Mpumalanga Province: Mpumalanga, Kopees Kraal.Lydenbg., shore washing, 25° 7' S, 30° 12' E, 6 xii 1996, Endrödy Younga (3255) (1 TMSA); Northern Cape Province: Dermbergsdraaifarm, shore washing, 30° 48' S, 17° 43' E, 19 ix 1994, Endrödy & Bellamy (#3020) (4 TMSA); Transvaal Province: Wolmaransstad, 27° 12' S, 25° 58' E, 2 iii 1968, P. J. Spangler (19 USNM); Western Cape Province: 11 mi. NE Touwsrivier, 33° 12' S, 20° 5' E, 4 iii 1968, P. J. Spangler (2 USNM); 8 mi. E. Wilderness, 33° 58' S, 22° 43' E, 13 iii 1968, P. J. Spangler (1 USNM); Groot Toren farm, river shore and stones, 31° 20' S, 19° 44' E, 15 ix 1994, Endrödy-Younga (#3004) (1 TMSA); Karoo NP, pond and shore, 32° 19' S, 22° 30' E, 13 xi 1993, M. Uhlig (1 ZMHB); Little Karroo, Kammanasieberge, river stones, 33° 37' S, 22° 33' E, 21 xi 1992, Endrödy- Younga (#2930) (3 TMSA); Little Karroo, Kammanasieberge, water and shore, 33° 37' S, 22° 33' E, 21 xi 1992, Endrödy-Younga (#2931) (22 TMSA); Little Karroo, Raubenheimer Dam, shore washing, after debris removed, 33° 25' S, 22° 19' E, 21 x 1993, Endrödy-Younga (#2889) (3 TMSA); Plettenberg Bay, 34° 5' S, 23° 25' E, 14 iii 1968, P. J. Spangler (36 USNM); Swartberg, Meiringspoort cent., shore washing, 33° 25' S, 22° 33' E, 1 xi 1993, Endrödy-Younga (#2925) (9 TMSA); Swartberg, Meiringspoort, shore washing, 33° 25' S, 22° 33' E, 1 xi 1993, Endrödy-Younga (#2924) (11 TMSA).
Distribution. The most widely distributed species in southern Africa (Fig. 17). However, there are very few records from the far west Western Cape Province, and none from the dry interior.
description: Published as part of Perkins, Philip D., 2011, New species and new collection records of aquatic beetles in the genus Ochthebius Leach from southern Africa (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae), pp. 1-34 in Zootaxa 3093 on pages 24-25, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.279058