Tribe Bidessini

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Range · Works Cited

Brachyvatus apicatus (Clark) - Brachyvatus apicatus

Neoclypeodytes pictodes (Sharp) - Neoclypeodytes pictodes

Uvarus subtilis (LeConte) - Uvarus subtilis

Liodessus cf. obscurellus (LeConte) - 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

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.

Contributed by v belov on 17 April, 2010 - 11:14am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 6 June, 2023 - 1:58pm

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