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Fontidessus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Adephaga
Family:	Dytiscidae
Subfamily:	Hydroporinae
Tribe:	Bidessini
Genus:	Fontidessus K.B. Miller & Spangler, 2008

Fontidessus is a genus of predaceous diving beetles in the family Dytiscidae. There are about seven described species in Fontidessus. They are found in the Neotropics.

Species

These seven species belong to the genus Fontidessus:

• Fontidessus aquarupe K.B. Miller & Montano, 2014
• Fontidessus bettae K.B. Miller & Montano, 2014
• Fontidessus christineae K.B. Miller & Montano, 2014
• Fontidessus microphthalmus K.B. Miller & Montano, 2014
• Fontidessus ornatus K.B. Miller, 2008
• Fontidessus toboganensis K.B. Miller & Spangler, 2008
• Fontidessus wheeleri K.B. Miller, 2008

References

1. "Fontidessus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-06-18.
2. "Fontidessus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-06-18.
3. Nilsson, A.N. A World Catalogue of the Family Dytiscidae, or the Diving Beetles (Coleoptera, Adephaga) (PDF) (Report). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-07-26. Retrieved 2019-06-18.

Further reading

• Bousquet, Yves (2012). "Catalogue of Geadephaga (Coleoptera, Adephaga) of America, north of Mexico". ZooKeys (245): 1–1722. Bibcode:2012ZooK..245....1B. doi:10.3897/zookeys.245.3416. PMC 3577090. PMID 23431087.
• Larson, D. J.; Alarie, Y.; Roughley, R. E. (2001). "Predaceous Diving Beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) of the Nearctic Region, with emphasis on the fauna of Canada and Alaska". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 94 (5): 769–770. doi:10.1603/0013-8746(2001)094[0769:PDBCDO]2.0.CO;2.
• Lobl, I.; Smetana, A., eds. (2017). Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 1: Archostemata - Myxophaga - Adephaga. Apollo Books. ISBN 978-90-04-33029-0.

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