Dineutus (Protodineutus) aereus (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 : 77-78

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5314766
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5457272
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treatment provided by	Marcus
scientific name	Dineutus (Protodineutus) aereus (Klug, 1834)
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Treatment

Published records. TASCHENBERG (1883: 177): Socotra; WATERHOUSE (1881: 470): Socotra; GAHAN (1903: 266): Socotra; BALFOUR- BROWNE (1951: 196): Yemen; PEDERZANI (2003: 24): Dhofar.

Material examined. OMAN: DHOFAR: 2♀♀, wadi Heisher , 1.x.2002, L. Kolářová leg. ( JSCL, NMPC) ; 1J, Taqah env., 270–350 m, 18.–21.ix.2003, R. Červenka leg. ( JSCL) . YEMEN: SOCOTRA ISLAND: Yemen, Socotra Island: 2JJ 1 ♀, 6 km NE Hadibo, wadi Denegen , 12°37ʹ01ʺN, 54°03ʹ50ʺE, 10–100 m, 19.–20.ii.2000, V. Bejček & K. Šťastný leg. ( CULS, NMPC) GoogleMaps ; 1 J, same data, but 12°36ʹ55ʺN, 54°03ʹ49ʺE, 85 m, 27.xi.2003, J. Farkač GoogleMaps ; 1 J 1 ♀, same data, but 12°36ʹ42ʺN, 54°03ʹ41ʺE, 140 m, 4.v.2004, A. Reiter leg. GoogleMaps ; 1 J, wadi Ayhaft , 15.iii.2000, V. Bejček & K. Šťastný leg. ; 2 JJ 5 ♀♀, same data, but 12°36ʹ38ʺN, 53°58ʹ49ʺE, 190 m, 24.–26.xi.2003, P. Kabátek leg. GoogleMaps ; 2 JJ, same data, but 12°36.5ʹN, 53°58.9ʹE, pool, 200 m, 8.xi.2010, J. Hájek leg. GoogleMaps ; 1 J, wadi Faar , 12°25ʹ59ʺN, 54°11ʹ42ʺE, 69 m, 1.iv.2001, V. Bejček & K. Šťastný leg. GoogleMaps ; 1 J, Hadibo env., 12°36ʹ02ʺN, 54°02ʹ04ʺE, 10–100 m, 21.xi.–12.xii.2003, J. Farkač leg. GoogleMaps ; 5 JJ 2 ♀♀, Homhil protected area, 12°34ʹ27ʺN, 54°18ʹ32ʺE, 364 m, 28.–29.xi.2003, D. Král leg. GoogleMaps ; 1 ♀, Qalansiyah env., N slopes of Khayrha Mts. , 12°38ʹ50ʺN, 53°27ʹ45ʺE, 85–592 m, 9.–10.xii. 2003, J. Farkač leg. GoogleMaps ; 1 J, Dixam plateau, wadi Esgego , 12°28ʹ09ʺN, 54°00ʹ36ʺE, 300 m, 2.–3.xii.2003, P. Kabátek leg. GoogleMaps ; 2JJ, same data, but 13.v.2004, A. Reiter leg. GoogleMaps ; 1 J 1 ♀, Dixam plateau, wadi Zeriq , 16.vi.2009, V. Hula leg. ; 2 ♀♀, Dixam plateau, wadi Zerig , pools, Juncus marsh, 12°29.6ʹN, 53°59.5ʹE, 655 m, 13.–14.vi.2012, J. Bezděk, J. Hájek, V. Hula, P. Kment, I. Malenovský, J. Niedobová & L. Purchart leg. (all NMPC) GoogleMaps .

Habitat. Collected in pools of drying up streams in wadis.

Distribution. Widespread species, occurring almost in entire Africa south of Sahara, southern Algeria and Libya, and Egyptian oases; widely distributed also in Arabia ( BRINCK 1955).