Limbodessus compactus (Clark, 1862)

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

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:15F39A4A-E56E-41F1-860B-90B05ABF06E8

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15602662

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/EB7C4B40-1D00-5ACA-AC1F-04C868148A24

treatment provided by

Alpine Entomology by Pensoft

scientific name

Limbodessus compactus (Clark, 1862)
status

 

Limbodessus compactus (Clark, 1862) View in CoL

Hydroporus compactus Clark, 1862: 421 (original description); Biström 1988: 16 (descr.); Guignot 1939: 53 (N. COMB.).

Bidessus neoguineensis Régimbart, 1892: 990 (original description); Balke and Satô 1995: 188 (N. SYN.).

Uvarus tokarensis Satô, 1972: 53 (original description); Balke and Satô 1995: 188 (N. SYN.).

Limbodessus compactus (Clark, 1862): Hendrich et al. 2020: 590 (key). View in CoL

Material examined.

2 exs., “ Papua New Guina: Central Woitape, 1500 m, i. 2008, 33.178S 15.481E, Posman ( PNG 167 ) ” ( ZSM) ; 5 exs., “ Indonesia: Papua, Merauke, Wasur   GoogleMaps , pools, 20 m, 15. - 16. x. 2011, 14 42.748S 141 36.096E, UNCEN team ” (Pap 02) ( KSP, ZSM) .

Morphology.

Habitus: Male (Fig. 5 D View Figure 5 ).

Antennae: Male and female (Fig. 13 E View Figure 13 ).

Distribution.

South East Asia and widespread in the Australasian realm. On New Guinea L. compactus is widespread especially in the lowlands, it is absent from the Baliem Valley and altitudes above 2,000 m ( Balke et al. 2015).

ZSM

Bavarian State Collection of Zoology

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Dytiscidae

Tribe

Bidessini

Genus

Limbodessus

Loc

Limbodessus compactus (Clark, 1862)

Balke, Michael, Villastrigo, Adrián, Hájek, Jiří, Surbakti, Suriani, Panjaitan, Rawati & Hendrich, Lars 2025
2025
Loc

Limbodessus compactus (Clark, 1862): Hendrich et al. 2020: 590 (key).

Hendrich L & Surbakti S & Balke M 2020: 590
2020
Loc

Uvarus tokarensis Satô, 1972: 53 (original description); Balke and Satô 1995: 188 (N. SYN.).

Balke M & Satô M 1995: 188
1995
Loc

Hydroporus compactus

Biström O 1988: 16
Guignot F 1939: 53
1988
Loc

Bidessus neoguineensis Régimbart, 1892: 990 (original description); Balke and Satô 1995: 188 (N. SYN.).

Balke M & Satô M 1995: 188
Régimbart M 1892: 990
1892