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Tribe Bidessini

Brachyvatus apicatus (Clark) - Brachyvatus apicatus Neoclypeodytes pictodes (Sharp) - Neoclypeodytes pictodes Uvarus subtilis (LeConte) - Uvarus subtilis Uvarus - Uvarus lacustris Liodessus cf. obscurellus (LeConte) - Liodessus diving beetle - Liodessus Uvarus Tiny diver 2 - Uvarus
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
Explanation of Names
Bidessini Sharp 1880
Numbers
~40 spp. in 9 genera in our area(1), ~720 spp. in ~50 genera total; ca. 1/6 of the dytiscid world fauna belongs to this tribe(2)(3)
Size
1-4 mm(1)
Range
worldwide and throughout NA
Works Cited
1.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.
2.A new species of Uvarus Guignot, 1939 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae: Bidessini) from Florida, USA
Epler J.H. 2020. Insecta Mundi 0752: 1–4.
3.A World Catalogue of the Family Dytiscidae, or the Diving Beetles (Coleoptera, Adephaga)
Nilsson and Hajek. 2019. Distributed by authors.