Georissus (Neogeorissus) chameleo, Fikacek & Travnicek, 2009

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 : 263

Georissus (Neogeorissus) chameleo Fikáček & Trávníček, 2009

Material examined. Loc. 11: 3 spec.; Loc. 12: 1 ♁.

Notes. New record for Oman. This is the only species of Georissidae known from the Arabian Peninsula, previously only recorded from the UAE ( FIKÁČEK & TRÁVNÍČEK 2009). All specimens from the UAE were collected at light or Malaise traps, with no data on their habitat. In Oman specimens were found on gravelly and sandy margins of wadis ( Figs 10–11 ).

Figures

Figs 8–13. Some of the sampled localities in north Oman. 8 – Loc. No. 8: wadi Bani Ghafir; 9 – Loc. No. 9: residual pools in wadi Indam; 10 – Loc. No. 11: residual pools in wadi; 11 – Loc. No. 12: Qalhat, residual pools in wadi; 12 – Loc. No. 13: marsh next to Bamah; 13 – Loc. No. 14: residual pools in wadi Al-Mayb. See Table 1 for details on the localities, and Fig. 1 for their geographical location.