Canthydrus notula (Erichson, 1843)

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

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5314766
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5457284
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scientific name	Canthydrus notula (Erichson, 1843)
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Published records. BALFOUR- BROWNE (1951: 182): Yemen.

Material examined. OMAN: DHOFAR: 26 spec., 30 km E Salalah, 6 km E Taqah, wadi Darbat , pools near sea, 26.ii.+ 1.iii.1998, G. Wewalka leg. et det. ( GWCW, NMPC, ONMM) ; 1 spec., 40 km E km Salalah, Wadi Darbat , upper valley, rivulet, 26.ii.1998, G. Wewalka leg. et det. ( CWCW) ; 3 spec., Jufa , haunt, 17°08ʹ15ʺN, 55°01ʹ41ʺE, 175 m, 29.x.2009, A. Reiter leg. GoogleMaps ; 2 spec., wadi Darbat, N part near Shihayt , 17°09ʹN, 54°28ʹE, 325 m, 28.iii.2012, A. Reiter leg. GoogleMaps ; 7 spec., 13 km E Mirbat, wadi Ain , 17°01ʹN, 54°47ʹE, 59 m, 29.iii.2012, A.Reiter leg. GoogleMaps YEMEN: ABIJAN GOV.: 7 spec., Ba Tays vill. env., wadi Bana , 13°20ʹ58ʺN, 45°17ʹ48ʺE, 168 m, 8.xi.2007, A. Reiter leg. (all NMPC) GoogleMaps .

Habitat. Collected in relatively large and permanent pools on the wadi bottom with dense littoral vegetation and partially running water (e.g. Fig. 2 View Figs 1–2. 1 ), or in a shallow vegetated puddle under a livestock watering place.

Distribution. Afrotropical species occurring in whole Sub-Saharan Africa, north-easterly reaching Yemen and southern Oman in the Arabian Peninsula (cf. NILSSON 2005).