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DISTRIBUTION 



Otobius megnini (Duges) was originally described from Guanajuato, 



Mexico, and is common in that country as reported by Valdez (1923), 



Hooker, Bishopp and Wood (1912), and Hoffman (1930), who states 



(translation) : 



O. megnini is a typical inhabitant of our arid and semi-arid regions of the centra! 

 plateau of the southern part of the country and the Pacific Coast. In the central plateaus 

 I have found the species at an altitude of 2500 meters above the sea. At these elevations 

 they apparently develop from the eggs only in the hot months following the rainy season. 



Fig. 10. Distribution of Otobius megnini (Duges). 



