Limbodessus leysi is a carnivorous subterranean water beetle, in the Bidessini tribe of the Dytiscidae family.[1] It was first described in 2006 by Watts and Humphreys,[1][2] and the species epithet honours the entomologist, Remko Leys.[2]

Limbodessus leysi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Dytiscidae
Genus: Limbodessus
Species:
L. leysi
Binomial name
Limbodessus leysi
Watts & Humphreys, 2006
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Type sites: Mt Meld Station, Mount Morgan[1]

The species is endemic to Western Australia,[1] and found in the "easterly-draining palaeodrainage systems in the Yilgarn region of Western Australia".[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Australian Faunal Directory: Limbodessus leysi". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 8 April 2022.
  2. ^ a b c C. H. S. Watts; W.F. Humphreys (January 2006). "Twenty-Six New Dytiscidae (Coleoptera) of the Genera Limbodessus Guignot and Nirripirti Watts & Humphreys, from Underground Waters in Australia" (PDF). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia. 130 (1): 123-185 [142-143]. doi:10.1080/3721426.2006.10887055. ISSN 0372-1426. Wikidata Q99966015.