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
Yola buettikeri
Brancucci, 1985
(Fig. 35)
Material examined.
YEMEN
:
AL
HUDAYDAH GOV.:
6 spec.
,
Jabal Bura valley forest NP, 14°52.4–5ʹN, 43°24.–
25.2ʹE
,
240–350 m
, stream valley,
4.xi.2010
, J. Hájek leg. (
NMPC
).
Notes.
The specimens from
Yemen
have slightly more extensive yellow colour on pronotum: anterior half of pronotum yellow, except for thin blackish stripe along the anterior margin (
Fig. 32
); otherwi-
se, they fit perfectly to the original description
(
BRANCUCCI 1985
).
Habitat.
Collected in small gravelly residual pools of a temporary stream in a wadi (
Fig. 3
).
Distribution.
A species described and so far known only from Saudi Arabia.
First record from
Yemen
.