Hydaticus (Prodaticus) dregei Aubé, 1838

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 : 85

Hydaticus (Prodaticus) dregei Aubé, 1838

Published records. BALFOUR- BROWNE (1951: 192): Yemen (as Hydaticus jucundus Reiche, 1849 ); ROCCHI (1985: 448): Yemen (as H. jucundus ).

Material examined. YEMEN: AL HUDAYDAH GOV.: 4 JJ 3 ♀♀, Jabal Bura valley forest NP, 14°53ʹN, 43°26ʹE, 557 m, 19.–21.iii.2007, P. Kabátek leg. ( NMPC).

Habitat. The specimens were collected at light near a drying up stream in a wadi (P. Kabátek, pers. comm.).

Distribution. Widely distributed Afrotropical species. Recorded from Arabia under the name H. jucundus Reiche, 1849 ( BRANCUCCI 1980, ROCCHI 1985).