Material examined. OMAN: DHOFAR: 32 spec., 30 km E Salalah, 6 km E Taqah, Wadi Darbat, pools near sea, 26.ii.1998, G. Wewalka leg. et det.; 8 spec., 40 km E Salalah, Wadi Darbat, upper valley, rivulet, 26.ii.1998, G. Wewalka leg. et det.; 8 spec., 30 km W Salalah, Wadis near Al Mughsayl, pools and lagoons, 27.ii.1998, G. Wewalka leg. et det. (all GWCW); 1 J, Ain Tabruq, spring, 17°06ʹ02″N, 54°19ʹ36″E, 115 m, 28.x.2009, A. Reiter leg.; 1 spec., Jufa, haunt, 17°08ʹ15″N, 55°01ʹ41″E, 175 m, 29.x.2009, A. Reiter leg.; 4 spec., wadi Darbat, N part near Shihayt, 17°09ʹN, 54°28ʹE, 325 m, 28.iii.2012, A. Reiter leg. (all NMPC). YEMEN: SOCOTRA ISLAND: 1 ♀, 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. (NMPC).
Habitat. In Oman collected in shallow vegetated puddles on the wadi bottom, below a karstic spring or below a livestock watering place, with partially running water; a single specimen from Socotra was found in a large pool surrounded with Juncus socotranus (Buchenau) Snogerup marsh in a wadi (Fig. 14).
Distribution. Widely distributed species occurring in most areas of tropical Africa and Asia (cf. BISTRÖM 1997). First record from Yemen (Socotra Island).