Two new high Andean species of Liodessus diving beetles
from Venezuela (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Bidessini)

Michael Balke; David T. Bilton; Mauricio García; Ángel L. Viloria; Adrián Villastrigo; Lars Hendrich

doi:10.3897/alpento.6.79598

Two new high Andean species of Liodessus diving beetles from Venezuela (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Bidessini)

Michael Balke^*, David T. Bilton, Mauricio García, Ángel L. Viloria, Adrián Villastrigo, Lars Hendrich

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School of Biological and Marine Sciences

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Two new species of the diving beetle genus Liodessus Guignot, 1939 are described from high mountain regions in Venezuela: Liodessus meridensissp. nov. from Laguna de Mucabají, Mérida and L. venezuelensissp. nov. from Laguna de Mucabají and below Pico Bolívar, Mérida. We delineate the species using morphological characters such as male genital structure and beetle size, shape and color. Mitochondrial cox1 sequence data provided an additional character source. Both new species occur at altitudes above 3,500 m and were collected in shallow water at the edge of high-altitude ponds.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	7-12
Number of pages	0
Journal	Alpine Entomology
Volume	6
Issue number	0
Early online date	10 May 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3897/alpento.6.79598
Publication status	Published - 10 May 2022

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