Yola buettikeri Brancucci, 1985

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 : 89

Yola buettikeri Brancucci, 1985

(Fig. 35)

Material examined. YEMEN: AL HUDAYDAH GOV.: 6 spec.,

Jabal Bura valley forest NP, 14°52.4–5ʹN, 43°24.– 25.2ʹE,

240–350 m, stream valley, 4.xi.2010, J. Hájek leg. ( NMPC).

Notes. The specimens from Yemen have slightly more extensive yellow colour on pronotum: anterior half of pronotum yellow, except for thin blackish stripe along the anterior margin ( Fig. 32 ); otherwi-

se, they fit perfectly to the original description

( BRANCUCCI 1985).

Habitat. Collected in small gravelly residual pools of a temporary stream in a wadi ( Fig. 3 ).

Distribution. A species described and so far known only from Saudi Arabia. First record from Yemen.

Figures

Figs 31–34. Hydaticus arabicus Guignot, 1951. 31 – male habitus (14 mm); 32 – median lobe in lateral view; 33 – female habitus (16 mm); 34 – labels of specimens from BMNH. Not in scale.

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.