Limbodessus leysi
Appearance
Limbodessus leysi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Dytiscidae |
Genus: | Limbodessus |
Species: | L. leysi
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Binomial name | |
Limbodessus leysi Watts & Humphreys, 2006
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Limbodessus leysi is a carnivorous subterranean water beetle, in the Bidessini tribe of the Dytiscidae family.[1] It was first described in 2006 by Watts and Humphreys,[1][2] and the species epithet honours the entomologist, Remko Leys.[2]
The species is endemic to Western Australia,[1] and found in the "easterly-draining palaeodrainage systems in the Yilgarn region of Western Australia".[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Australian Faunal Directory: Limbodessus leysi". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
- ^ a b c C. H. S. Watts; W.F. Humphreys (January 2006). "Twenty-Six New Dytiscidae (Coleoptera) of the Genera Limbodessus Guignot and Nirripirti Watts & Humphreys, from Underground Waters in Australia" (PDF). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 130 (1): 123-185 [142-143]. doi:10.1080/3721426.2006.10887055. ISSN 0372-1426. Wikidata Q99966015.