Uvarus peringueyi (Régimbart, 1895)

Hájek, Jiří & Reiter, Antonín, 2014, Adephagous water beetles (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae, Haliplidae, Noteridae, Dytiscidae) of Yemen and Dhofar region (Oman) with description of a new Hyphydrus from Socotra Island, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 54, pp. 63-99 : 88

Uvarus peringueyi (Régimbart, 1895)

Material examined. YEMEN: SANA’ A GOV.: 2 JJ, 1 spec., Sana’a city, Bait Baws, 15°16.3ʹN, 44°12.1ʹE, 2410 m, tank, 6.xi.2010, J. Hájek leg. ( NMPC).

Habitat. It was collected in muddy littoral of a tank ( Fig. 5 ). Distribution. Species widely distributed in eastern and south-eastern Africa (cf. BISTRÖM 1988). Another species – Uvarus occultus ( Sharp, 1882) – was described from Saudi Arabia, and may represent its junior synonym. However the single known specimen of U. occultus differs from U. peringueyi in slightly bigger and broader body and in almost uniformly ferruginous colouration of the dorsal surface ( HÁJEK & BISTRÖM 2009). First record from Yemen.

Figures

Figs 3–5. Aquatic habitats in Yemen. 3 – temporary stream in Jabal Bura valley Forest National Park; 4 – pool in mountain stream densely covered with filamentous algae, 5 km SW Matnah; 5 – artificial water reservoir with muddy bottom at Bait Baws, Sana’a.