Eastern Colombian Páramo Liodessus Guignot, 1939 diving beetles are genetically structured, but show signs of hybridization, with description of new species and subspecies (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae)

We studied Liodessus diving beetles from six eastern Colombian Páramo areas, as well as from the Altiplano. We discovered a highly characteristic new species, based on male genital morphology, Liodessus santarosita sp. nov., in the Páramo de Guantiva-Rusia. Specimens from the Altiplano around Bogotá...

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Main Authors: Michael Balke, Katja Neven, Adrián Villastrigo, Rodulfo Ospina-Torres, Carlos Prieto, Nicolas Gutierrez Rubiano, Ingrid Lotta, Luisa F. Dueñas, Lars Hendrich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2023-01-01
Series:ZooKeys
Online Access:https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/97461/download/pdf/