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 sordidus Sharp, 1882 Published records. BALFOUR- BROWNE (1951: 193): Yemen ; ROCCHI (1985: 447) : Yemen . Material examined. YEMEN : SANA’ A GOV.: 3 spec. , Sana’a city, Bait Baws, 15°16.3ʹN , 44°12.1ʹE , 2410 m , tank, 6.xi.2010 , J. Hájek leg. ( NMPC ). Habitat. The species was collected in muddy littoral of a tank ( Fig. 5 ). Distribution. Predominantly Arabian species described from Saudi Arabia and subsequently recorded from Egypt , Sinai Peninsula , Yemen and Iran (cf. SHAVERDO et al. 2013 ).