Bidessonotus nepotinus J. Balfour-Browne, 1947

Miller, Kelly B., 2016, New species of Bidessonotus Regimbart, 1895 with a review of the South American species (Coleoptera, Adephaga, Dytiscidae, Hydroporinae, Bidessini), ZooKeys 622, pp. 95-127 : 110

Taxon classification Animalia Coleoptera Dytiscidae

Bidessonotus nepotinus J. Balfour-Browne, 1947 Fig. 31

Bidessonotus nepotinus J.Balfour-Browne, 1947: 442; Young 1969: 2; 1990: 364; Biström 1988: 18; Nilsson 2016: 99.

Diagnosis.

Known only from a pair of females which are moderately darkly colored with three indistinct transverse maculae. The apex of the prosternal process is lanceolate. Given the absence of known males, a definitive diagnosis is difficult to establish.

Discussion.

Bidessonotus nepotinus is known only from two female specimens ( Balfour-Browne 1947; Young 1990). Balfour-Browne (1947) thought the species is close to or identical with Bidessonotus obtusatus .

Distribution.

Bidessonotus nepotinus is known only from Trinidad (Fig. 31).