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.