Taxonavigation

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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: Geodessus
Species (2): G. besucheti – G. kejvali

Name

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Geodessus Brancucci, 1979

  • Original status: valid genus
  • Type species: Geodessus besucheti Brancucci, 1979
    • Fixation: original designation [p. 214] [and monotypy]

References

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  • Balke, M.; Hendrich, L. 1996: A new species of the terrestrial water beetle genus Geodessus Brancucci (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae), sieved from leaf litter in southern India. Aquatic insects, 18(2): 91–99. DOI: 10.1080/01650429609361607
  • Brancucci, M. 1979: Geodessus besucheti n. gen., n. sp. le premier Dytiscidae terrestre (Col., Dytiscidae, Bidessini). Entomologica basiliensia, 4: 213–218.
  • Brancucci, M. 1980: Weitere Bemerkungen über Geodessus besucheti Brancucci, den ersten 'Bodenschwimmkäfer' (Col., Dytiscidae). Mitt. ent. Ges. Basel NF, 30(3): 91–92. [not seen]
  • Brancucci, M. 1985: A review of the biology and structure of Geodessus besucheti Brancucci (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 137(1): 29–32. Google books
  • Hendrich, L.; Balke, M. 1999: Two new species of Neptosternus Sharp 1882 from southern India (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Linzer biologische Beiträge, 31(1): 57–62. PDF
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