Eretes griseus (Fabricius, 1781)

Hájek, Jiří & Reiter, Antonín, 2014, Adephagous water beetles (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae, Haliplidae, Noteridae, Dytiscidae) of Yemen and Dhofar region (Oman) with description of a new Hyphydrus from Socotra Island, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 54, pp. 63-99 : 83

Eretes griseus (Fabricius, 1781)

Published records. GAHAN (1985: 286): Yemen (as Eretes succinctus (Klug, 1834)) .

Material examined. YEMEN: SANA’ A GOV.: 1 ♀, 5 km N of Beni Al Salal, 15°10.9ʹN, 43°23.4ʹE, 350 m, artificial lights in petrol station, 4.–5.xi.2010, J. Hájek leg. ( NMPC).

Habitat. A single Yemeni specimen was collected at light.

Distribution. A species recently revalidated and distinguished from E. sticticus . It occurs in most subtropical and tropical areas of the Old World, except Australia (cf. MILLER 2002).