Fontidessus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Adephaga

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Adephaga

Familia: Dytiscidae
Subfamilia: Hydroporinae
Tribus: Bidessini
Genus: Fontidessus
Species (7): F. aquarupe – F. bettae – F. christineae – F. microphthalmus – F. ornatus – F. toboganensis – F. wheeleri

Name

Fontidessus Miller & Spangler, 2008

• Gender: masculine
• Original status: valid genus
• Type species: Fontidessus toboganensis Miller & Spangler, 2008
  • Fixation: original designation (p. 46)

References

• Miller, K.B. & Spangler, P.J. 2008. Fontidessus Miller and Spangler, a new genus of Bidessini from Venezuela (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae) with three new species. Zootaxa 1827: 45–52. Abstract & excerpt DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1827.1.2 Reference page. 
• Miller, K.B. & Montano, E.T. 2014. Review of the genus Fontidessus Miller & Spangler, 2008 (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Hydroporinae, Bidessini) with description of four new species. ZooKeys 426: 65–85. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.426.7217 Reference page.