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Limbodessus bennetti Watts & McRae, 2013
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Limbodessus bennetti is the first stygobitic Dytiscid to be recorded in the Pilbara.[1]
Distribution
editThis species is endemic to Western Australia. It has been recorded from a single alluvial aquifer in the northern Pilbara.
Etymology
editThis species is named in honour of Sean R. Bennett.
References
edit- ^ Watts, C.H.S., and McRae, J. (2013) Limbodessus bennetti sp. nov., the first stygobitic Dytiscidae (Coleoptera) from the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum. 28: 141-143
Category:Dytiscidae Category:Beetles of Australia Category:Animals described in 2013