An annotated checklist of the aquatic Polyphaga (Coleoptera) of Egypt I. Family Hydraenidae Salah, Mohamed Cueto, Juan Antonio Régil Valladares, Luis F. Zootaxa 2014 2014-10-16 3873 3 275 284 6QBQQ (Marsham, 1802) Marsham 1802 [151,561,834,859] Insecta Hydraenidae Limnebius Animalia Coleoptera 5 280 Arthropoda species nitidus  The species was recorded in Egyptby Alfieri (1976). According to Jäch (1993)and Jäch (2004)it is a European species, absent from the Southern fringe of the Mediterranean (North Africa).