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Limbodessus leysi

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Species of beetle

Limbodessus leysi
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Adephaga
Family: Dytiscidae
Genus: Limbodessus
Species: L. leysi
Binomial name
Limbodessus leysi
Watts & Humphreys, 2006
Type sites: Mt Meld Station, Mount Morgan

Limbodessus leysi is a carnivorous subterranean water beetle, in the Bidessini tribe of the Dytiscidae family. It was first described in 2006 by Watts and Humphreys, and the species epithet honours the entomologist, Remko Leys.

The species is endemic to Western Australia, and found in the "easterly-draining palaeodrainage systems in the Yilgarn region of Western Australia".

References

  1. ^ "Australian Faunal Directory: Limbodessus leysi". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  2. ^ 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 . doi:10.1080/3721426.2006.10887055. ISSN 0372-1426. Wikidata Q99966015.
Taxon identifiers
Limbodessus leysi


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