Bidessonotus vicinus Young 1990
Creators: name: Scheers, Kevin
name: Thomaes, Arno
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Dytiscidae
Bidessonotus
Bidessonotus vicinus

description: Bidessonotus vicinus Young, 1990
PUBLISHED RECORDS. YOUNG (1990).
STUDIED MATERIAL. BELIZE DISTRICT: La Democracia, ditch next to road, 17°21'38,7"N, 88°32'42,1"W, 10. V.2015, Leg. K. Scheers & A. Thomaes (1 ex.); STANN CREEK: Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary, Wari Lagoon, 16°46'46,1"N, 88°28'2,4"W, 07. V.2015, Leg. K. Scheers & A. Thomaes (2ex.); TOLEDO: BFREE, Agami lagoon, 16°33'27,7"N, 88°42'14,8"W, 17.IV.2015, Leg. K. Scheers & A. Thomaes (76 ex.); Bladen Nature Reserve, Tyre track pools, 16°33'4,82"N, 88°42'58,08"W, 17.IV.2015, Leg. K. Scheers & A. Thomaes (12ex.); Deep River Forest Reserve, pond savannah, 16°31'11,7"N, 88°42'3,8"W, 19.IV.2015, Leg. K. Scheers & A. Thomaes (2 ex.); Deep River Forest Reserve, pond savannah, 16°31'14,2"N, 88°42'5,6"W, 19.IV.2015, Leg. K. Scheers & A. Thomaes (2 ex.); Bladen Nature Reserve, pond in forest, 16°32'55,3"N, 88°43'1,7"W, 19.IV.2015, Leg. K. Scheers & A. Thomaes (5 ex.); Bladen Nature Reserve, pond in forest, 16°32'59,4"N, 88°43'0,8"W, 19.IV.2015, Leg. K. Scheers & A. Thomaes (2 ex.); Deep River Forest Reserve, pond savannah, 16°31'42,7"N, 88°42'31,6"W, 20.IV.2015, Leg. K. Scheers & A. Thomaes (1 ex.); Bladen Nature Reserve, pond transition savannah-forest, 16°32'26,3"N, 88°42'57,1"W, 20.IV.2015, Leg K. Scheers & A. Thomaes (28 ex.); Punta Gorda, temp. stream in forest, 16°06'37,6"N, 88°49'18,8"W, 25.IV.2015, Leg. K. Scheers & A. Thomaes (6 ex.); Punta Gorda, pool temp. stream in forest, 16°05'42,2"N, 88°49'38,9"W, 25.IV.2015, Leg. K. Scheers & A. Thomaes (5 ex.); Golden Stream Corridor Preserve, puddle temp. stream, 16°22'50,7"N, 88°46'45,3"W, 27.IV.2015, Leg. K. Scheers & A. Thomaes (5 ex.); Indian Creek, Lake of former Lodge, 16°18'45,1"N, 88°49'31,4"W, 29.IV.2015, Leg. K. Scheers & A. Thomaes (9 ex.); San Miguel, puddle in intermittent stream, 16°16'52,5"N, 88°53'3,1"W, 02. V.2015, Leg. K. Scheers & A. Thomaes (3 ex.); Punta Gorda, lights basketball field, 16°06'15,1"N, 88°48'14"W, 03. V.2015, Leg. K. Scheers & A. Thomaes (12 ex.); Punta Gorda, shallow pool, 16°05'19,7"N, 88°48'53,4"W, 05. V.2015, Leg. K. Scheers & A. Thomaes (9 ex.).
DISTRIBUTION. Belize, Panama, Venezuela (YOUNG, 1990; MILLER, 2016). A common species in Belize, known from the Belize, Cayo, Stann Creek and Toledo districts (Fig. 2 H).
HABITAT. This is the most common species of Bidessini in Belize and is found in various types of lentic water (Figs 3–6) and in pools in intermittent and temporary streams. It is often found together with B. mobilis.
NOTE. MILLER (2016) incorrectly includes Honduras in the distribution of this species instead of Belize (formerly known as British Honduras), which is however the type locality of this species.
description: Published as part of Scheers, Kevin & Thomaes, Arno, 2022, A preliminary checklist of the minute diving beetles of Belize (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Bidessini), pp. 1-15 in Belgian Journal of Entomology 125 on page 10, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11583019