Limbodessus baliem Balke & Hendrich, 2015

Balke, Michael, Villastrigo, Adrián, Hájek, Jiří, Surbakti, Suriani, Panjaitan, Rawati & Hendrich, Lars, 2025, A review of Limbodessus Guignot, 1939 from New Guinea, with description of eight new tropical-alpine species (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Bidessini), Alpine Entomology 9, pp. 5-28 : 5-28

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.3897/alpento.9.147831
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scientific name	Limbodessus baliem Balke & Hendrich, 2015
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Limbodessus baliem Balke & Hendrich, 2015 View in CoL

Limbodessus alexanderi Balke & Hendrich in Balke et al. 2015: 25 (original description); Hendrich et al. 2020: 590 (key); Surbakti et al. 2023: 420 (key). View in CoL View Cited Treatment

Material examined.

Paratypes: 15 exs., “ New Guinea Wamena 1600 m; 4°6'16.76"S, 138°57'37.96"E; 31. viii. & 6. ix. 1990; leg. Balke & Hendrich (IR 1) ” ( CLH, ZSM) GoogleMaps .

Morphology.

Habitus: Male (Fig. 5 A View Figure 5 ) and female (Fig. 5 B View Figure 5 ).

Antennae: Male and female (Fig. 12 F View Figure 12 , 12 G View Figure 12 , 13 I View Figure 13 ).

Median lobe (Fig. 9 A View Figure 9 ) and paramere (Figs 10 H View Figure 10 , 11 I View Figure 11 ).

Distribution.

Indonesian New Guinea, known only from the Baliem Valley, which also contains the type locality Wamena (Figs 14 View Figure 14 , 15E, F View Figure 15 ).