A new Colombian species of Liodessus diving beetles from the Paramo de Sumapaz (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Bidessini).

ABSTRACT: Liodessuspicinus sp. nov. is described from the Páramo de Sumapaz near Bogota D.C. at 3,500 m above sea level. The species can be distinguished from the other Colombian Liodessus species by its dark coloration, discontinuous habitus, shiny surface of the pronotum and elytron, presence of a distinct occipital line, distinct basal pronotal striae, short or even faint basal elytral striae, as well as by its distinct geographic distribution and cox1 signature.

SUBMITTER: Balke M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8443537 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature