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 sharpi
Régimbart, 1889
Material examined.
YEMEN
: ABIJAN
GOV
.:
59 spec.
, Ba Tays vill. env., wadi Bana,
13°20ʹ58ʺN
,
45°17ʹ48ʺE
,
168 m
,
8.xi.2007
, A. Reiter leg. (
NMPC
).
Habitat.
Collected in larger and relatively stable pools in a wadi, with partially running water and dense littoral vegetation (
Fig. 2
).
Distribution.
Widely distributed species in tropical areas of Asia (from Saudi Arabia to Sulawesi in Indonesia) and Australia (
BRANCUCCI 1983
).
First record from
Yemen
.