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Genus Liodessus

Tiny Diving Beetle - Liodessus affinis Mini Diver - Liodessus Liodessus cf. obscurellus (LeConte) - Liodessus Dytiscid - Liodessus crotchi - male Water Beetle  - Liodessus Belden-J.2021.49 - Liodessus obscurellus Liodessus ? - Liodessus affinis Liodessus in Maryland - Liodessus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Adephaga
Family Dytiscidae (Predaceous Diving Beetles)
Subfamily Hydroporinae
Tribe Bidessini
Genus Liodessus
Explanation of Names
Liodessus Guignot 1939
Numbers
9 spp. in our area(1), 37 total(2)
Size
1.5‒2.3 mm(3)
Range
New World + a handful of Afrotropical spp.(2)
Works Cited
1.Revision of the Nearctic Liodessus affinis (Say 1823) species group (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae, Hydroporinae, Bidessini).
Miller, K.B. 1998. Entomologica Scandinavica 29(3): 281-314. 1998. Entomologica Scandinavica.
2.A World Catalogue of the Family Dytiscidae, or the Diving Beetles (Coleoptera, Adephaga)
Nilsson and Hajek. 2019. Distributed by authors.
3.American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia
Arnett, R.H., Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). 2000. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.