Laccophilus maindroni maindroni Régimbart, 1897

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

Laccophilus maindroni maindroni Régimbart, 1897

Material examined. OMAN: DHOFAR: 4 spec., Hagarir , pasture, haunt, 16°41ʹ34ʺN, 53°09ʹ21ʺE, 658 m, 25.x.2009, A. Reiter leg. ( NMPC) ; 1 spec., 15 km W of Jufa (Laga Shalia), 17°11ʹ05ʺN, 54°56ʹ38ʺE, 380 m, 24.viii.2012, P. Kučera leg. ( PKCL) .

Habitat. Collected in a concrete tank at a livestock watering place ( Fig. 10 ), and in small pools in a wadi.

Distribution. The nominotypical subspecies was described from northern Oman and subsequently recorded also from the United Arab Emirates ( HÁJEK & BRANCUCCI 2011).

Figures

Figs 10–11.Aquatic habitats in Dhofar, Oman. 10 – concrete tank at the livestock watering place near Hagarir, on the slope of Jabal Al Qamar mts.; 11 – salty pools in the desert at northeastern corner of Dhofar province, near Muqshin.