Nebrioporus seriatus ( Sharp, 1882 )

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 : 91

Nebrioporus seriatus ( Sharp, 1882)

Published records. BALFOUR- BROWNE (1951: 187): Yemen (as Potamonectes seriatus ); ROCCHI (1985: 446): Yemen (as Potamonectes seriatus ); TOLEDO (2009: 40): Yemen.

Material examined. YEMEN: SANA’ A GOV.: 2 JJ 3 ♀♀, 5 km SW Matnah vill., 15°13.7ʹN, 43°59.7ʹE, 2750 m, stream, 19.xi.2010, J. Hájek leg. ( IBEB, NMPC).

Habitat. Collected in a mountainous stream with gravelly bottom, densely covered with filamentous algae ( Fig. 4 ), together with the previous species.

Distribution. Arabian species recorded only from Saudi Arabia and Yemen ( TOLEDO 2009).

Figures

Figs 3–5. Aquatic habitats in Yemen. 3 – temporary stream in Jabal Bura valley Forest National Park; 4 – pool in mountain stream densely covered with filamentous algae, 5 km SW Matnah; 5 – artificial water reservoir with muddy bottom at Bait Baws, Sana’a.