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 Laccophilus pallescens Régimbart, 1903 Published records. WEWALKA (2004: 471) : Socotra . Material examined. YEMEN : SOCOTRA ISLAND: 1♀ , Dixam plateau, Sinhin area , 12°31ʹ08ʺN , 53°59ʹ09″E , 812 m , 1.–2.xii.2003 , J. Farkač leg. ; 1J, Dixam plateau, wadi Zerriq , 12°31ʹ08ʺN , 53°59ʹ09ʺE , 750 m , 3.xii.2003 , P.Kabátek leg. ; 4 spec. , same locality, pools, Juncus marsh, 12°29.6ʹN , 53°59.5ʹE , 655 m , 13.–14.vi.2012 , J. Bezděk , J. Hájek , V. Hula , P. Kment , I. Malenovský , J. Niedobová & L. Purchart leg. ; 8 spec. , 6 km SE of Hadibo , wadi Denegen , 12°36ʹ42ʺN , 54°03ʹ41ʺE , 140 m , 4.v.2004 , A. Reiter leg. ; 3 spec. , Dresmoiten vill., wadi Darho , 12°30ʹ18ʺN , 54°02ʹ08ʺE , 365 m , 13.v.2004 , A. Reiter leg. ; 5 spec. , wadi Ayhaft , 12°36.5ʹN , 53°58.9ʹE , 200 m , pool, 7.–8.xi.2010 , J. Hájek leg. (all NMPC ) . Habitat. Collected mostly in larger pools of drying up streams in wadis (e.g. Figs 12, 14 ). Distribution. Widely distributed Afrotropical species (cf. GUIGNOT 1959 )