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Genus Neobidessus

Neobidessus pullus - male Neobidessus pulloides Young - Neobidessus pulloides Neobidessus pulloides Young - Neobidessus pulloides Very small Dytiscid of sorts... - Neobidessus Dytiscid 6 - Neobidessus Dytiscid 6 - Neobidessus Coelambus? - Neobidessus youngi Neobidessus sp. - Neobidessus
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 Neobidessus
Explanation of Names
Neobidessus Young 1967
Numbers
2 spp. in our area, ~30 total(1)
Size
1.8-2.2 mm(2)
Range
New World, mostly neotropical(1); our spp.: N. pullus so. US, N. pulloides TX(2)
Habitat
mostly standing water(2)
Remarks
Abundant at lights(2)
Print References
Young F.N. (1977) Predaceous water beetles of the genus Neobidessus Young in the Americas north of Colombia. Occasional Papers, Mus. Zool. U. Mich. 681: 1-24 (Full text)
Works Cited
1.A World Catalogue of the Family Dytiscidae, or the Diving Beetles (Coleoptera, Adephaga)
Nilsson and Hajek. 2019. Distributed by authors.
2.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.