Haliplus (Neohaliplus) lineatocollis (Marsham, 1802)

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 : 79

Haliplus (Neohaliplus) lineatocollis (Marsham, 1802)

Published records. BALFOUR- BROWNE (1951: 182): Yemen; ROCCHI (1985: 445): Yemen.

Material examined. YEMEN: AL MAHWIT GOV.: 1 spec.,Al Ahjur, Badia vill. env.,Al Khaltabi waterfall, 15°28.4ʹN, 43°51.5ʹE, 2500 m, 2.xi.2010, J. Hájek leg. SANA’ A GOV.: 5 spec., 5 km SW Matnah vill., 15°13ʹ41ʺN, 43°59ʹ40ʺE, 2750 m, stream, 1.v.2004, A. Reiter leg. (all NMPC).

Habitat. Collected in high altitude streams (e.g. Fig. 4 ).

Distribution. Widely distributed West Palaearctic species, known from the Canary Islands, north Africa, most of Europe to the Near and Middle East ( VONDEL 2005).

Figures

Figs 3–5. Aquatic habitats in Yemen. 3 – temporary stream in Jabal Bura valley Forest National Park; 4 – pool in mountain stream densely covered with filamentous algae, 5 km SW Matnah; 5 – artificial water reservoir with muddy bottom at Bait Baws, Sana’a.