The “minute diving beetles” of southern Australia – taxonomic revision of Gibbidessus Watts, 1978, with description of six new species (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Bidessini)

Morphology and mitochondrial DNA sequence data are used to reassess the taxonomy of Australian diving beetles previously assigned to the genera Uvarus Guignot, 1939 and Gibbidessus Watts, 1978. Gibbidessus was described as a monotypic genus for Gibbidessus chipi Watts, 1978. The genus is significant...

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Main Authors: Lars Hendrich, Chris H.S. Watts, Michael Balke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2020-10-01
Series:ZooKeys
Online Access:https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/55456/download/pdf/