Aulonogyrus (Afrogyrus) flavipes (Boheman, 1848)

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 : 77

Aulonogyrus (Afrogyrus) flavipes (Boheman, 1848)

Published records. TASCHENBERG (1883: 177): Socotra (as Gyrinus sp. ); GAHAN (1903:266): Socotra (as Aulonogyrus virescens Régimbart, 1883 ).

Material examined. YEMEN: SOCOTRA ISLAND: 2 JJ, wadi Ayhaft , 12°36.5ʹN, 53°58.9ʹE, 200 m, 7.–8.xi.2010, J. Hájek leg. ; 1 J, Al Haghier Mts. , wadi Madar, 12°33.2ʹN, 54°00.4ʹE, 1180–1230 m, 12.–14.xi.2010, J. Hájek leg. (all NMPC) .

Notes. TASCHENBERG (1883) recorded a Gyrinus sp. from Socotra, while GAHAN (1903) presented a doubtful record of Aulonogyrus virescens Régimbart, 1883 (= A. flavipes ), and considered it conspecific with Taschenberg’s Gyrinus . The latter record was repeated also by BRINCK (1955).

Habitat. Collected in small pools in running parts of streams in wadis (e.g. Fig. 12 ).

Distribution. Widely distributed Afrotropical species; occurrence confirmed in Yemen ( Socotra Island).

Figures

Figs 12–14. Aquatic habitats in Socotra. 12 – temporary stream in wadi Ayhaft; 13 – spring pool with filamentous algae in wadi Madar; 14 – pools surrounded with Juncus sp. marsh in wadi Zerig.