Geodessus

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

Geodessus Brancucci, 1979

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

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