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Hydrovatus acuminatus Motschulsky 1859

  • 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

Hydrovatus acuminatus Motschulsky, 1859

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).

Notes

Published as part of 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, pp. 63-99 in Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 54 on page 92, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5314766

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References

  • BISTROM O. 1997: Taxonomic revision of the genus Hydrovatus Motschulsky (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae). Entomologica Basiliensia 19 (1996): 57 - 584.