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Bidessus Sharp, 1880
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1260652

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Animalia
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):	Bidessus Sharp, 1882
	Common Name(s):

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	valid

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	complete
	Latest Record Review:	2021

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Protostomia
	Superphylum	Ecdysozoa
	Phylum	Arthropoda – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods
	Subphylum	Hexapoda – hexapods
	Class	Insecta – insects, hexapoda, inseto, insectes
	Subclass	Pterygota – insects ailés, winged insects
	Infraclass	Neoptera – modern, wing-folding insects
	Superorder	Holometabola
	Order	Coleoptera Linnaeus, 1758 – beetles, coléoptčres, besouro
	Suborder	Adephaga Schellenberg, 1806
	Family	Dytiscidae Leach, 1815 – diving beetles, predaceous diving beetles, ditiques
	Subfamily	Hydroporinae Aubé, 1836
	Tribe	Bidessini Sharp, 1880
	Genus	Bidessus Sharp, 1880
		Direct Children:
	Species	Bidessus alienus Zimmermann, 1919
	Species	Bidessus anatolicus Wewalka, 1972
	Species	Bidessus anjozorobe Bergsten, Ranarilalatiana and Biström, 2020
	Species	Bidessus apicidens Biström and Sanfilippo, 1986
	Species	Bidessus batekensis Bilardo and Rocchi, 2013
	Species	Bidessus bertrandi Biström, 1988
	Species	Bidessus cacozelus Omer-Cooper, 1931
	Species	Bidessus calabricus Guignot, 1957
	Species	Bidessus ceratus Guignot, 1941
	Species	Bidessus complicatus Sharp, 1904
	Species	Bidessus coxalis Sharp, 1882
	Species	Bidessus cretensis Fery, 1992
	Species	Bidessus decellei Biström, 1985
	Species	Bidessus delicatulus (Schaum, 1844)
	Species	Bidessus excavatus Biström, 1984
	Species	Bidessus exornatus (Reiche and Saulcy, 1855)
	Species	Bidessus fraudator Omer-Cooper, 1958
	Species	Bidessus fulgidus Omer-Cooper, 1974
	Species	Bidessus funebris Guignot, 1959
	Species	Bidessus glabrescens Biström, 1983
	Species	Bidessus goudotii (Laporte, 1835)
	Species	Bidessus grossepunctatus Vorbringer, 1907
	Species	Bidessus imitator Omer-Cooper, 1953
	Species	Bidessus knapporum Wewalka and Biström, 2008
	Species	Bidessus longistriga Régimbart, 1895
	Species	Bidessus mboyei Bilardo and Rocchi, 2019
	Species	Bidessus minutissimus (Germar, 1824)
	Species	Bidessus muelleri Zimmermann, 1927
	Species	Bidessus muluensis Omer-Cooper, 1931
	Species	Bidessus mundulus Omer-Cooper, 1965
	Species	Bidessus nasutus Sharp, 1887
	Species	Bidessus nero Gschwendtner, 1933
	Species	Bidessus nesioticus Guignot, 1956
	Species	Bidessus omercooperae Biström, 1985
	Species	Bidessus ovoideus Régimbart, 1895
	Species	Bidessus perexiguus H. J. Kolbe, 1883
	Species	Bidessus pergranulum Biström, 1985
	Species	Bidessus perrinae Biström, 1985
	Species	Bidessus perssoni Biström and Nilsson, 1990
	Species	Bidessus pumilus (Aubé, 1838)
	Species	Bidessus rossi Omer-Cooper, 1974
	Species	Bidessus rothschildi Régimbart, 1907
	Species	Bidessus ruandensis Omer-Cooper, 1974
	Species	Bidessus saucius (Desbrochers des Loges, 1871)
	Species	Bidessus seydeli Biström, 1985
	Species	Bidessus sharpi Régimbart, 1895
	Species	Bidessus sodalis Guignot, 1939
	Species	Bidessus straeleni Omer-Cooper, 1974
	Species	Bidessus toumodiensis Guignot, 1939
	Species	Bidessus udus Biström, 1985
	Species	Bidessus unistriatus (Schrank, 1781)
	Species	Bidessus wilmoti Biström, 1985

References


	Expert(s):
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	Notes:
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	Other Source(s):
	Source:	Coleoptera type genera and family-group names, version 2.1, database (version 2.1)
	Acquired:	2025
	Notes:	Bouchard, P. (2025). Coleoptera type genera and family-group names, v2.1 (based largely on Bouchard et al. 2024 paper, doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1194.106440). Database available at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/290628/about
	Reference for:	Bidessus

	Publication(s):
	Author(s)/Editor(s):	Bouchard, Patrice, and Yves Bousquet
	Publication Date:	2020
	Article/Chapter Title:	Additions and corrections to "Family-group names in Coleoptera (Insecta)"
	Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:	ZooKeys, vol. 922
	Page(s):	65-139
	Publisher:
	Publication Place:
	ISBN/ISSN:	1313-2989
	Notes:	doi: 10.3897/zookeys.922.46367
	Reference for:	Bidessus

Geographic Information


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Comments


	Comment:	Although Sharp did use the name Bidessus in subsequent works, per ICZN Opinion 2470, it was first available from Sharp (1880) and must be attributed to that work

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