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 .