Adephagous water beetles (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae, Haliplidae, Noteridae, Dytiscidae) of Yemen and Dhofar region (Oman) with description of a new Hyphydrus from Socotra Island Author Hájek, Jiří Department of Entomology, National Museum, Cirkusová 1740, CZ- 193 00 Praha 9 - Horní Počernice, Czech Republic; e-mail: jiri _ hajek @ nm. cz Author Reiter, Antonín South Moravian Museum in Znojmo, Přemyslovců 8, CZ- 669 45 Znojmo, Czech Republic; e-mail: reiter @ znojmuz. cz text Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 2014 2014-12-30 54 63 99 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.5314766 0374-1036 5314766 2111ED80-A550-4F9A-ADBF-8D663E692ADC Hydaticus ( Prodaticus ) dorsiger Aubé, 1838 Material examined. YEMEN : AL MAHWIT GOV.: 1 ♀ , 10 km S Shibam , Aruz , 15°27ʹ43ʺN , 43°55ʹ03ʺE , 2560 m , 1.–2.xi.2007 , A. Reiter leg. SANA’ A GOV.: 2JJ, Beni Mansour vill.env., 15°06.1–4ʹN, 43°52.8– 53.2ʹE , 1520–1550 m , stream valley, 3.+5.+ 19.xi. 2010 , J. Hájek leg. ; 1J, Bab Bahel , 15°07.0ʹN , 43°40.9ʹE , 1195 m , river valley and pool, 4.xi.2010 , J. Hájek leg. (all NMPC ) . Habitat. All recorded specimens were collected from pools at altitude higher than 1000 m a.s.l. Distribution. Widely distributed species, occurring from Madagascar through whole tropical Africa to Arabia ( GUIGNOT 1961 ). First record from Yemen .