Bidessonotus mexicanus Régimbart, 1895

Scheers, Kevin & Thomaes, Arno, 2022, A preliminary checklist of the minute diving beetles of Belize (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Bidessini), Belgian Journal of Entomology 125, pp. 1-15 : 8

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scientific name

Bidessonotus mexicanus Régimbart, 1895
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PUBLISHED RECORDS. YOUNG (1990).

STUDIED MATERIAL. CAYO DISTRICT: 14 km S. San Ignacio, 23.V.1986, Leg. P.J. Spangler & R. A. Faitoute (2 ex.) (Coll. RBINS, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences , Brussels, Belgium) .

DISTRIBUTION. Belize, Mexico, USA (Texas) ( YOUNG, 1990; MILLER, 2016). This species is known from two records in the Cayo district ( Fig. 2 E View Fig ).

HABITAT. Nothing is known on the habitat preference of this species.

REGIMBART M., 1895. - Dytiscides trouves dans les tabacs par les soins de M. Antoine Grouvelle. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, 64: 321 - 348 + pl. 8: figs 3 - 18.

YOUNG F. N., 1990. - A review of classification of the water beetles of the new world genus Bidessonotus Regimbart (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae: Bidessini). Quaestiones Entomologicae, 26 (3): 355 - 381.

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Fig. 2. Distribution of Bidessini in Belize: A, Anodocheilus francescae Young, 1974; B, Anodocheilus guatemalensis (Zaitzev, 1910); C, Bidessodes elongatus (Sharp, 1882); D, Bidessonotus caraibus (Chevrolat, 1863); E, Bidessonotus mexicanus Régimbart, 1895; F, Bidessonotus mobilis J. Balfour-Browne, 1947; G, Bidessonotus pollostus Young, 1990; H, Bidessonotus vicinus Young, 1990; I, Neobidessus obtusoides Young, 1977; J, Neobidessus persimilis (Régimbart, 1895); K, Uvarus spretus (Sharp, 1882). Yellow dots indicate literature records and red dots studied material.

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Departamento de Geologia, Universidad de Chile

RBINS

Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Dytiscidae

Tribe

Bidessini

Genus

Bidessonotus