Ochthebius (Gymnochthebius) fossatus LeConte
Creators: name: Perkins, Philip D.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Hydraenidae
Ochthebius
Ochthebius fossatus

description: Ochthebius (Gymnochthebius) fossatus LeConte
Ochthebius fossatus Leconte, 1855: 362
The following collection/deposition data include the first records for Honduras, Nicaragua, and Paraguay. The data also includes several first museum depositories for the species. The extensive range of this species extends southward from the southern United States through Central America and the Antilles to northern South America, Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina.
New records: Cuba: Cienfuegos, Cienfuegos (40km S) at RioArimao, 14.ii.1981, leg. P. J. Spangler & A. Vega (2 NMNH); Havana, Havana (67km E), Lake at Palmarejo, 26.iv.1983, leg. P. J. Spangler & I. Fernandez (3 NMNH); Playa Jibacoa, 4.ii.1981, leg. P. Spangler, A. Vega & M. Rosabal (2 NMNH); Matanzas, Palpite (1km NE), Zapata swamp, 2.v.1983, leg. P. J. Spangler (1 NMNH); Pinar del Rio, San Vicente, 7.ii.1981, leg. P. J. Spangler & A. Vega (1 NMNH); Soroa, 5–6.ii.1981, leg. P. J. Spangler & A. Vega (19 NMNH); Guatemala: Escuintla, 17 mi. E. Escuintla, 8.vii.1965, leg. P. J. Spangler (1 MCZ); Honduras: Choluteca, San Marcos Colon, 28.vii.1965, leg. P. J. Spangler (1 MCZ); Francisco Morazan, Talanga, (14°17’N, 87°14’W), 22.v.1996, leg. F. Andrews & A. Gilbert (1 CDFA); Mexico: Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, 3–5.viii.1963, leg. P. J. Spangler (38 MCZ); Durango, Morcillo, Lake Pena del Aquila, 28.vi.1964, leg. P. J. Spangler (9 MCZ); Tamaulipas, Nr. San Antonio, 27.xii.1969, leg. F. N. Young (95 MCZ); Nicaragua: Matagalpa, km 77.6 Panam Hwy, 4.viii.2002, leg. Willam D. Shepard (4 MCZ); Paraguay: Central, San Lorenzo, (25°20’33’’S, 57°30’53’’W), 11.x.1986, leg. J. Kochalka (14 NMNH); Puerto Rico: Hwy. 3, Km. 38.1, nr. Fajardo, 31.xii.1962, leg. Paul & Phyllis Spangler (12 NMNH); U.S.A.: Oklahoma, Grady Co., Tuttle, 3.ix.2004, leg. Brian Baldwin (1 BBC); same locality, 6.ix.2004, leg. Brian Baldwin (1 BBC); same locality, 20.v.2005, leg. Brian Baldwin (1 BBC); same locality, 1–30.vi.2005, leg. Brian Baldwin (5 BBC); same locality, 3.vi.2005, leg. Brian Baldwin (3 BBC); same locality, 6.vii.2005, leg. Brian Baldwin (3 BBC); same locality, 7.vii.2005, leg. Brian Baldwin (2 BBC); same locality, 8.vii.2005, leg. Brian Baldwin (2 BBC); same locality, 9.vii.2005, leg. Brian Baldwin (2 BBC); same locality, 11.vii.2005, leg. Brian Baldwin (1 BBC); same locality, 18.vii.2005, leg. Brian Baldwin (1 BBC); same locality, 22.viii.2005, leg. Brian Baldwin (6 BBC); same locality, 23.viii.2005, leg. Brian Baldwin (1 BBC); same locality, 24.viii.2005, leg. Brian Baldwin (1 BBC); same locality, 6.ix.2005, leg. Brian Baldwin (1 BBC); same locality, 21.ix.2005, leg. Brian Baldwin (1 BBC); same locality, 20.v.2006, leg. Brian Baldwin (1 BBC); same locality, 25.v.2006, leg. Brian Baldwin (1 BBC); same locality, 4.viii.2006, leg. Brian Baldwin (1 BBC); Texas, Brewster Co., Hwy. 170, 1.7 mi. E. Lajitas, 2.viii.2003, leg. A. E. Z. Short (AS-03-029) (3 SEMC); Jeff Davis Co., Creek crossing Route 118, 1.viii.2003, leg. A. E. Z. Short (AS-03-016) (1 SEMC); Somervell Co., Dinosaur Valley St. Pk., Paluxy River, 18.iii.2000, leg. E. G. Riley (7 TAMU); Uvalde Co., Rio Frio near Concan, 12.xii.1984, leg. P. D. Perkins (2 MCZ).
description: Published as part of Perkins, Philip D., 2023, New Neotropical and Nearctic species of water beetles in the genera Hydraena Kugelann and Ochthebius Leach, a key to North American genera and subgenera of the family, new distribution records, and a synopsis of ecology, behavior and morphology related to aquatic life (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae), pp. 1-86 in Zootaxa 5367 (1) on page 75, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5367.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10145106