Bidessonotus mexicanus Régimbart, 1895

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Bidessonotus mexicanus Régimbart, 1895

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 ).

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

Figures

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.