Adephagous water beetles (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae, Haliplidae, Noteridae, Dytiscidae) of Yemen and Dhofar region (Oman) with description of a new Hyphydrus from Socotra Island
Hájek, Jiří
Reiter, Antonín
Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae
2014
2014-12-30
54
63
99
5CRXM
Omer-Cooper, 1954
Omer-Cooper
1954
[436,841,1467,1491]
Insecta
Dytiscidae
Yola
Animalia
Coleoptera
26
89
Arthropoda
species
enigmatica
Material examined. YEMEN: ALHUDAYDAH GOV.: 4 spec., ca. 12 kmSE Al Mawkir vill., wadi Zabid, 14°09ʹ35ʺN, 43°29ʹ33ʺE, 264 m, 30.–31.x.2007, A. Reiter leg. LAHJ GOV.: 13 spec., W Lahj Al Hutah by road, wadi Am Rija, 13°01ʹ57ʺN, 44°33ʹ30ʺE, 297 m, 25.–26.x.2007,A. Reiter leg. TA’ IZZ GOV.: 8 spec., Najd an Nashamah env., Mashgab vill., 13°21ʹ29″N, 43°57ʹ26″E, 1182 m, 26.–27.x.2007, A. Reiter leg. (all NMPC). Habitat.Collected in residual pools in wadis (e.g. Fig. 7) as well as manmade reservoirs out of the valley ( Fig. 6); it seems to prefer habitats with muddy substrate, and without vegetation. Distribution.A species occurring in Africa in (semi)arid belt between Sahara desert and tropical rain forests, from Mauritania and Senegal to Sudan, Ethiopia and Djibouti (cf. BI- STRÖM 1983); in the Arabian Peninsula recorded from Saudi Arabia ( BRANCUCCI 1985). First record from Yemen.