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 Dineutus ( Protodineutus ) aereus (Klug, 1834) Published records. TASCHENBERG (1883: 177) : Socotra ; WATERHOUSE (1881: 470) : Socotra ; GAHAN (1903: 266) : Socotra ; BALFOUR- BROWNE (1951: 196): Yemen ; PEDERZANI (2003: 24) : Dhofar. Material examined. OMAN : DHOFAR : 2♀♀ , wadi Heisher , 1.x.2002 , L. Kolářová leg. ( JSCL , NMPC ) ; 1J, Taqah env., 270–350 m , 18.–21.ix.2003 , R. Červenka leg. ( JSCL ) . YEMEN : SOCOTRA ISLAND: Yemen , Socotra Island : 2JJ 1 ♀ , 6 km NE Hadibo , wadi Denegen , 12°37ʹ01ʺN , 54°03ʹ50ʺE , 10–100 m , 19.–20.ii.2000 , V. Bejček & K. Šťastný leg. ( CULS , NMPC ) ; 1 J, same data, but 12°36ʹ55ʺN , 54°03ʹ49ʺE , 85 m , 27.xi.2003 , J. Farkač ; 1 J 1 ♀ , same data, but 12°36ʹ42ʺN , 54°03ʹ41ʺE , 140 m , 4.v.2004 , A. Reiter leg. ; 1 J, wadi Ayhaft , 15.iii.2000 , V. Bejček & K. Šťastný leg. ; 2 JJ 5 ♀♀ , same data, but 12°36ʹ38ʺN , 53°58ʹ49ʺE , 190 m , 24.–26.xi.2003 , P. Kabátek leg. ; 2 JJ, same data, but 12°36.5ʹN , 53°58.9ʹE , pool, 200 m , 8.xi.2010 , J. Hájek leg. ; 1 J, wadi Faar , 12°25ʹ59ʺN , 54°11ʹ42ʺE , 69 m , 1.iv.2001 , V. Bejček & K. Šťastný leg. ; 1 J, Hadibo env., 12°36ʹ02ʺN , 54°02ʹ04ʺE , 10–100 m , 21.xi.–12.xii.2003 , J. Farkač leg. ; 5 JJ 2 ♀♀ , Homhil protected area, 12°34ʹ27ʺN , 54°18ʹ32ʺE , 364 m , 28.–29.xi.2003 , D. Král leg. ; 1 ♀ , Qalansiyah env., N slopes of Khayrha Mts. , 12°38ʹ50ʺN , 53°27ʹ45ʺE , 85–592 m , 9.–10.xii. 2003 , J. Farkač leg. ; 1 J, Dixam plateau, wadi Esgego , 12°28ʹ09ʺN , 54°00ʹ36ʺE , 300 m , 2.–3.xii.2003 , P. Kabátek leg. ; 2JJ, same data, but 13.v.2004 , A. Reiter leg. ; 1 J 1 ♀ , Dixam plateau, wadi Zeriq , 16.vi.2009 , V. Hula leg. ; 2 ♀♀ , Dixam plateau, wadi Zerig , 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. (all NMPC ) . Habitat. Collected in pools of drying up streams in wadis. Distribution. Widespread species, occurring almost in entire Africa south of Sahara, southern Algeria and Libya , and Egyptian oases; widely distributed also in Arabia ( BRINCK 1955 ).