Cybister (Melanectes) vulneratus Klug, 1834

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 : 82-83

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5314766
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scientific name	Cybister (Melanectes) vulneratus Klug, 1834
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Published records. GAHAN (1985: 286):Yemen; BALFOUR- BROWNE (1951:195):Yemen; ROCCHI (1985: 449): Yemen. Material examined. OMAN: DHOFAR: 1 J, Rakhyut , 0–50 m, 13.–14.i.2007, S. Jákl leg. ; 1 J, Ain Tabruq , spring ,

17°06ʹ02ʺN, 54°19ʹ36ʺE, 115 m, 28.x.2009, A. Reiter leg.; 2 JJ, Hagarir , pasture, haunt, 16°41ʹ34ʺN, 53°09ʹ21ʺE, 658 m, 25.x.2009, A. Reiter leg. GoogleMaps ; 2 JJ, 13 km E Mirbat, wadi Ain , 17°01ʹN, 54°47ʹE, 59 m, 29.iii.2012, A. Reiter leg. GoogleMaps ; 1 ♀, wadi Ash Shuwaymiyah , 17°56ʹN, 55°32ʹE, 31 m, 1.iv.2012, A. Reiter leg. (all NMPC) GoogleMaps ; 3 spec., 15 km W of Jufa ( Laga Shalia ), 17°11ʹ05ʺN, 54°56ʹ38ʺE, 380 m, 27.ix.2011, P. Kučera leg. ( PKCL) GoogleMaps ; 1 spec., same data, but 13.iv.2013, R. Fouqué leg. ( JSCL). YEMEN: HADRAMAUT GOV.: 4 JJ 3 ♀♀, N of Al Mukalla, Nueima , 14°36.4ʹN, 49°05.7ʹE, 279 m, 20.–21.x.2005, D. Král leg. GoogleMaps ; 1 ♀, NE Ghayl Ba Wazir , 14°47ʹ33″N, 49°22ʹ46″E, 118 m, bottom of karstic abyss, 6.–7.xi.2007, A. Reiter leg. (all NMPC) GoogleMaps .

Habitat. Collected in similar habitats as previous species with which it may occur syntopically. Distribution. Widely distributed Afrotropical species. Cybister vulneratus is known from entire Africa with the exception of Cape provinces, southern Spain and Sicily ( Italy) in southern Europe, the Arabian Peninsula and Iran ( GUIGNOT 1961, NILSSON & HÁJEK 2013).