Ochthebius (Aulacochthebius) continentalis Orchymont. Robert 1929

O. (A.) continentalis Orchymont 1929 Originally described from Kenya. According to the original description this species has distinctive longitudinal grooves on the metaventral plaque (e.g., Fig. 9). I have examined specimens, including the male genitalia, from Kenya, Angola and South Africa, which have the plaque grooves. All of these specimens have the same shape of the aedeagus (Fig. 9). This identity decision needs to be verified by examining, including the male genitalia, type specimens of O. (A.) continentalis Orchymont, which should be in the Orchymont collection at the Brussels Museum (RBINS).

Published as part of Perkins, Philip D., 2023, Taxonomic revision of African water beetles in the genus Ochthebius Leach (1815) subgenus Aulacochthebius Kuwert (1887) (Coleoptera: Hydraenidae), pp. 501-546 in Zootaxa 5228 (5) on page 503, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5228.5.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7543172

Keywords

Coleoptera, Insecta, Arthropoda, Hydraenidae, Ochthebius, Animalia, Ochthebius continentalis, Biodiversity, Taxonomy

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