Liodessus quimbaya azufralis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Adephaga

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Scotokaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata 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: Liodessus
Species: Liodessus quimbaya
Subspecies: Liodessus quimbaya azufralis

Name

Liodessus quimbaya azufralis (Megna, Hendrich & Balke in Megna et al., 2019), stat nov. in Balke et al., 2024: 17-18, 21.

Synonymy

Liodessus azufralis Megna, Hendrich & Balke in Megna et al., 2019: 112 (protonym)

Type locality: Colombia, Nariño Department, Municipality of Túquerres, Surroundings of the Azufral volcano, 1.087ºN, -77.711ºW, ca. 3795 m a.s.l.

Holotype: LIAUN. male ♂︎. 07.V.2017. legit Y.S. Megna & C.E. Ruíz. CO-25.

References

Primary references

• Suárez Megna, Y., Hendrich, L., García-Hernández, A.L., Ospina-Torres, R., Prieto, C. & Balke, M. 2019. Diving beetles of the genus Liodessus Guignot, 1953 in Colombia, with description of three new species (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Aquatic Insects 40(2): 99-122. DOI: 10.1080/01650424.2018.1538521. . Reference page. 
• Balke, M., Mainda, T., Neven, K., Hendrich, L., Basantes, M. S., Prieto, C., Villastrigo, A. 2024. Recent range expansion and lineage idiosyncratic population structure of Liodessus diving beetles in the high Andes (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae, Bidessini) PLOS ONE 19(12): e0308683, 30pp. Reference page.