Agabus (Gaurodytes) biguttatus (Olivier, 1795)

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 : 80

Agabus (Gaurodytes) biguttatus (Olivier, 1795)

Material examined. YEMEN: SANA’ A GOV.: 1 J 2 ♀♀, 5 km SW Matnah vill., 15°13.7ʹN, 43°59.7ʹE, 2750 m, stream, 19.xi.2010, J. Hájek leg. ( IBEB, NMPC).

Habitat. Collected under stones in a mountainous stream densely covered with filamentous algae ( Fig. 4 ).

Distribution. Widely distributed and common species in the whole Western Palaearctic, from the Canary Islands to north-west China (cf. NILSSON & HÁJEK 2013). First record from Yemen.

Colymbetinae

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.