Adephagous water beetles (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae, Haliplidae, Noteridae, Dytiscidae) of Yemen and Dhofar region (Oman) with description of a new Hyphydrus from Socotra Island Hájek, Jiří Reiter, Antonín Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 2014 2014-12-30 54 63 99 3N77F (Sharp, 1882) Sharp 1882 [445,832,1244,1268] Insecta Dytiscidae Hydroglyphus Animalia Coleoptera 24 87 Arthropoda species major   Published records.BALFOUR- BROWNE (1951: 185):Yemen (as  Guignotus major);  ROCCHI (1985: 446): Yemen(as  G. major); PEDERZANI (2003:24): Dhofar; WEWALKA (2004:465):Socotra (Samha);  HÁJEK &WEWALKA (2009:99): Dhofar.  Materialexamined. OMAN: DHOFAR: 5 spec., Difa, wadi, 16°45ʹN, 53°14ʹE,  435 m,  23.iii.2012, A. Reiterleg.;  6 spec., Hasik, wadi 4 kmto S, 17°25ʹN, 55°17ʹE,  46 m,  1.iv.2012, A. Reiterleg.  YEMEN: SANA’ A GOV.: 5 spec., Sana’acity, Bait Baws, 15°16.3ʹN, 44°12.1ʹE,  2410 m, tank,  6.xi.2010, J. Hájekleg. (all NMPC).  Habitat.Yemeni specimens were collected in muddy littoral of a tank ( Fig. 5). Omani specimens came from residual pools on the bottom of wadis ( Fig. 9).   Distribution.The species occurs in the Saharan Africa from Niger, Algeriaand Chadto the countries along the Red Sea ( Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, Saudi Arabiaand Yemen), reaching Israelin the north and southern Omanin the east ( HÁJEK & WEWALKA 2009). Yemen 24 87 1 2012-03-23 A. Reiter Oman 435 16.75 Difa 1281 53.233334 Material 24 87 5 Zufar 2010-11-06 2012-04-01 2010-11-06 NMPC A. Reiter & J. Hajek Yemen 46 15.271667 Bait Baws 128 44.201668 Hasik 24 87 11 San'a'