Laccophilus sharpi Régimbart, 1889

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 : 94-95

Laccophilus sharpi Régimbart, 1889

Material examined. YEMEN: ABIJAN GOV.: 59 spec., Ba Tays vill. env., wadi Bana, 13°20ʹ58ʺN, 45°17ʹ48ʺE, 168 m, 8.xi.2007, A. Reiter leg. ( NMPC).

Habitat. Collected in larger and relatively stable pools in a wadi, with partially running water and dense littoral vegetation ( Fig. 2 ).

Distribution. Widely distributed species in tropical areas of Asia (from Saudi Arabia to Sulawesi in Indonesia) and Australia ( BRANCUCCI 1983). First record from Yemen.

Figures

Figs 1–2. 1 – Map of studied area with marked localities in Yemen and Dhofar region. 2 – Aquatic habitat in Yemen: meandering river in wadi Bana.