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 Rhantus includens (Walker, 1871) Published records. BALFOUR- BROWNE (1951: 190): Yemen ; ROCCHI (1985: 447) : Yemen . Material examined. YEMEN : AL MAHWIT GOV.: 5 JJ 15 ♀♀ , 10 km S Shibam , Aruz , 15°27ʹ43ʺN , 43°55ʹ03ʺE , 2560 m , 1.–2.xi.2007 , A. Reiter leg. ; 1J 2♀♀ , Al Ahjur , Badia vill.env., Al Khaltabi waterfall, 15°28.4ʹN , 43°51.5ʹE , 2500 m , 2.xi.2010 , J. Hájek leg. SANA’ A GOV.: 1♀ , 5 km SW Matnah vill., 15°13ʹ41ʺN , 43°59ʹ40ʺE , 2750 m , stream , 1.v.2004 , A. Reiter leg.; 1 ♀ , Sana’a city, Bait Baws , 15°16.3ʹN , 44°12.1ʹE , 2410 m , tank, 6.xi.2010 , J. Hájek leg. (all NMPC ) . Habitat. Collected in various stagnant (pools, tank) and running (stream) water bodies, both natural and manmade, but always at high altitude ( 2400–2750 m a.s.l.) (e.g. Figs 4–5 ). Distribution. A species occurring in north-east Africa and the Arabian Peninsula ( BALKE 1992 ). Copelatinae