AuthorFoster, G.N. & Carr, R.
Year2004
TitleThe three smallest British Diving Beetles
TypePaper
SourceBritish Wildlife Vol 15, No. 6: 416-420.
IllustrationsColour 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 PreparationNo dissection required.

Notes & PurposeStatusTaxonEnglishClassification
For identificationCurrentBidessus minutissimusMinutest Diving BeetleAnimalia: Coleoptera: Dytiscidae
For identificationCurrentBidessus unistriatusOne-grooved Diving BeetleAnimalia: Coleoptera: Dytiscidae
For identificationCurrentHydroporus scalesianusa diving beetleAnimalia: Coleoptera: Dytiscidae
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