Fontidessus is a genus of predaceous diving beetles in the family Dytiscidae. There are about seven described species in Fontidessus. They are found in the Neotropics.[1][2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Dytiscidae |
| Subfamily: | Hydroporinae |
| Tribe: | Bidessini |
| Genus: | Fontidessus K.B. Miller & Spangler, 2008 |
Species
editThese seven species belong to the genus Fontidessus:
- Fontidessus aquarupe K.B. Miller & Montano, 2014
- Fontidessus bettae K.B. Miller & Montano, 2014
- Fontidessus christineae K.B. Miller & Montano, 2014
- Fontidessus microphthalmus K.B. Miller & Montano, 2014
- Fontidessus ornatus K.B. Miller, 2008
- Fontidessus toboganensis K.B. Miller & Spangler, 2008
- Fontidessus wheeleri K.B. Miller, 2008
References
edit- ^ "Fontidessus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-06-18.
- ^ "Fontidessus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-06-18.
- ^ Nilsson, A.N. A World Catalogue of the Family Dytiscidae, or the Diving Beetles (Coleoptera, Adephaga) (PDF) (Report). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-07-26. Retrieved 2019-06-18.
Further reading
edit- Bousquet, Yves (2012). "Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico". ZooKeys (245): 1–1722. Bibcode:2012ZooK..245....1B. doi:10.3897/zookeys.245.3416. PMC 3577090. PMID 23431087.
- Larson, D. J.; Alarie, Y.; Roughley, R. E. (2001). "Predaceous Diving Beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) of the Nearctic Region, with emphasis on the fauna of Canada and Alaska". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 94 (5): 769–770. doi:10.1603/0013-8746(2001)094[0769:PDBCDO]2.0.CO;2.
- Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2017). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 1: Archostemata - Myxophaga - Adephaga. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-33029-0.
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