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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Adephaga » Predaceous Diving Beetles (Dytiscidae) » Hydroporinae » Bidessini » Liodessus
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Beetle - Liodessus
Copyright © 2016 Aaron Hunt

Beetle - Liodessus
Block Island, Washington County, Rhode Island, USA
June 18, 2016
In water near edge of Little Dump Pond.
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Contributed by Aaron Hunt on 28 June, 2016 - 8:10pm
Last updated 23 October, 2016 - 10:32pm

Liodessus sp., female
Genus ID confirmed from specimen, now a photo-voucher. Thanks Aaron.

This is either L. affins or L. noviaffinis, but need male to tell apart. I'm hoping it's L. noviaffinis though, which is a coastal species.

Another specimen I found in the vial is Liodessus fuscatus.
… Brad Barnd, 24 June, 2017 - 11:30pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Bidessini.
… Aaron Hunt, 13 September, 2016 - 12:09pm login or register to post comments

I agreed with v
this is a Liodessus species. Could even be Liodessus affinis but of that I am not sure
… Claude Tessier, 13 September, 2016 - 12:04pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles. Thanks! My first Dysticid. (I haven't collected at ponds many times).
… Aaron Hunt, 28 June, 2016 - 8:12pm login or register to post comments

Liodessus or close
… v belov, 28 June, 2016 - 8:11pm login or register to post comments

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