Hydroglyphus major ( Sharp, 1882 )

Hájek, Jiří & Wewalka, Günther, 2009, New and little known species of Hydroglyphus (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) from Arabia and adjacent areas, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 49 (1), pp. 93-102 : 99

Hydroglyphus major ( Sharp, 1882)

Material examined. LIBYA: 1 ♀, Yafran / Ghadamis prov., 10 km W Ar Rahibat, Nana Tala , 31°47′09″N, 11°47′07.9″E, 605 m, 27.v.2002, A. Reiter leg. ( NMPC) ; 3 spec., Akakus [Mts.], [ca. 25°00′N, 10°30′E], Oued Teskuinat, 28.ii.[20]05, H. Bussler leg. ( HFCB) . OMAN: 1 ♀, Dhofar region, Rakhyut [ca. 16°44′N, 54°20′E], 0– 50 m.a.s.l., 13.–14.i.1997, S. Jákl leg. ( NMPC) ; 1 J 1 ♀, 30 km W Salalah, Wadis near Al Mughsayd , pools and lagoons, 27.ii.1998, G. Wewalka leg. ( GWCW) .

Distribution. The species occurs in the Saharan Africa from Niger, Algeria and Chad to the countries along the Red Sea (Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, Saudi Arabia and Yemen), reaching Israel in the north and southern Oman in the east ( Fig. 14 ) (cf. BISTRÖM 1986). First records from Libya.

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Fig. 14. Distribution of Hydroglyphus major (Sharp, 1882) (circles), and H. sinuspersicus sp. nov. (dots).