Author | Foster, G.N. & Carr, R. |
Year | 2004 |
Title | The three smallest British Diving Beetles |
Type | Paper |
Source | British Wildlife Vol 15, No. 6: 416-420. |
Illustrations | Colour photographs, drawings of details of larve of Hydroporus scalesianus, distribution maps. |
Review (by Malcolm Storey) | How to find and recognise these three minute beetles and their habits, life cycles, distributions, the threats and conservation. |
Examine | Stereo Microscope |
Specimen Preparation | No dissection required. |
Notes & Purpose | Status | Taxon | English | Classification |
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For identification | Current | Bidessus minutissimus | Minutest Diving Beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Dytiscidae |
For identification | Current | Bidessus unistriatus | One-grooved Diving Beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Dytiscidae |
For identification | Current | Hydroporus scalesianus | a diving beetle | Animalia: Coleoptera: Dytiscidae |
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