Hydrovatus acuminatus Motschulsky 1859
Authors/Creators
- 1. Department of Entomology, National Museum, Cirkusová 1740, CZ- 193 00 Praha 9 - Horní Počernice, Czech Republic; e-mail: jiri _ hajek @ nm. cz
- 2. South Moravian Museum in Znojmo, Přemyslovců 8, CZ- 669 45 Znojmo, Czech Republic; e-mail: reiter @ znojmuz. cz
Description
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).
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Related works
- Cites
- Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.5314784 (DOI)
- Is part of
- Journal article: 10.5281/zenodo.5314766 (DOI)
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FF91C701FF9FFFBFDE49F630CF1EFFD3 (URL)
- Journal article: http://zoobank.org/2111ED80-A550-4F9A-ADBF-8D663E692ADC (URL)
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- https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/03A8BF79FF82FFA2DF20F6EBCC3BFD75 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- GWCW , NMPC
- Event date
- 1998-02-26 , 1998-02-27 , 2009-10-28 , 2009-10-29 , 2012-03-28 , 2012-06-13
- Verbatim event date
- 1998-02-26 , 1998-02-27 , 2009-10-28 , 2009-10-29 , 2012-03-28 , 2012-06-13/14
- Scientific name authorship
- Motschulsky
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Coleoptera
- Family
- Dytiscidae
- Genus
- Hydrovatus
- Species
- acuminatus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Hydrovatus acuminatus Motschulsky, 1859 sec. Hájek & Reiter, 2014
References
- BISTROM O. 1997: Taxonomic revision of the genus Hydrovatus Motschulsky (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae). Entomologica Basiliensia 19 (1996): 57 - 584.