Species Limbodessus silus (Watts & Humphreys, 2003)
- Tjirtudessus silus Watts, C.H.S. & Humphreys, W.F. 2003. Twenty-five new Dytiscidae (Coleoptera) of the genera Tjirtudessus Watts & Humphreys, Nirripirti Watts & Humphreys and Bidessodes Regimbart, from underground waters in Australia. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 36: 135-187 [147].
Type data:
Holotype WAM 32900 male, WA, BES 8107, Cunyu Station, Sweetwaters Well [25°35'38''S 120°22'21''E].
Paratype(s) WAM 25 specimens (in WAM, SAMA), data as for holotype.
Generic Combinations
- Limbodessus silus (Watts & Humphreys, 2003). —
Balke, M. & Ribera, I. 2004. Jumping across Wallace's line: Allodessus and Limbodessus revisited (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae, Bidessini) based on molecular phylogenetic and morphological data. Australian Journal of Entomology 43: 114-128 [125]
Distribution
IBRA
Gascoyne (GAS)
Ecological Descriptors
Stygobiontic.
General References
Watts, C.H.S. & Humphreys, W.F. 2006. Twenty-six new dytiscidae (Coleoptera) of the genera Limbodessus Guignot and Nirripirti Watts & Humphreys, from underground waters in Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 130(1): 123-185 [124] (Limbodessus silus (Watts & Humphreys, 2003) is proposed as a changed combination of Tjirtudessus silus)
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 03-Dec-2012 | 03-Dec-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |