Hydraena (Hydraena) gattolliati, Jach & Delgado, 2010

Ribera, Ignacio, Hernando, Carles & Cieslak, Alexandra, 2019, Aquatic Coleoptera of North Oman, with description of new species of Hydraenidae and Hydrophilidae, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 59 (1), pp. 253-272 : 258

Hydraena (Hydraena) gattolliati Jäch & Delgado, 2010

Material examined. Loc. 4: 1 ♁.

Notes. New record for Oman. The species was described from the wadi Wurayah, in the northeastern UAE, which is also the type locality of Ochthebius wuraya Jäch & Delgado, 2010 . A third species of Hydraenidae was found in the same locality, Hydraena putearius Jäch & Díaz, 2000 ( JÄCH & DELGADO 2010). It is remarkable that the same three species were found in our locality 4 ( Figs 5, 6 ), but with the addition of three new species, one Hydraena and two Ochthebius (see below).

Figures

Figs 2–7. Some of the sampled localities in north Oman. 2 – Loc. No. 1: Ghul spring with pools; 3 – No. 2: residual pools in wadi in Bahla city; 4 – Loc. No. 3: residual pools in wadi; 5 – Loc. No. 4: source of wadi Bani Awf; 6 – Loc. No. 4: source of wadi Bani Awf; 7 – Loc. No. 5: wadi Bani Awf. See Table 1 for details on the localities, and Fig. 1 for their geographical location.