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 Hygrotus ( Coelambus ) inscriptus Sharp, 1882 Material examined. OMAN : DHOFAR : 3 spec. , Muqshin, oasis, salty pools, 19°35ʹN , 54°53ʹE , 155 m , 29.iii.2011 , A. Reiter leg. ( NMPC ). Habitat. Recorded from a very isolated oasis in the desert separating two fertile parts of Oman . Pools without vegetation were situated in a depression with artesian springs; high salinity of water is proven by efflorescence of salts on the banks ( Fig. 11 ). Distribution. A species occurring in arid areas from Egypt and the Arabian Peninsula, through the Near and Middle East to Central Asia (cf. NILSSON & HÁJEK 2013 ). First record from Oman .