Hydroglyphus major ( Sharp, 1882 )

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 : 87

Hydroglyphus major ( Sharp, 1882)

Published records. BALFOUR- BROWNE (1951: 185):Yemen (as Guignotus major ); ROCCHI (1985: 446): Yemen (as G. major ) ; PEDERZANI (2003:24): Dhofar; WEWALKA (2004:465):Socotra (Samha); HÁJEK &WEWALKA (2009:99): Dhofar. Material examined. OMAN: DHOFAR: 5 spec., Difa , wadi, 16°45ʹN, 53°14ʹE, 435 m, 23.iii.2012, A. Reiter leg. ; 6 spec., Hasik, wadi 4 km to S, 17°25ʹN, 55°17ʹE, 46 m, 1.iv.2012, A. Reiter leg. YEMEN: SANA’ A GOV.: 5 spec., Sana’a city, Bait Baws , 15°16.3ʹN, 44°12.1ʹE, 2410 m, tank, 6.xi.2010, J. Hájek leg. (all NMPC) .

Habitat. Yemeni specimens were collected in muddy littoral of a tank ( Fig. 5 ). Omani specimens came from residual pools on the bottom of wadis ( Fig. 9 ).

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 ( HÁJEK & WEWALKA 2009).

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.

Figs 8–9. Aquatic habitats in Dhofar, Oman. 8 – stream in forested wadi Hannah dammed with a small concrete dam; 9 – residual pool in wadi with gravel bottom at Difa, partially with running water.