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Minutest Diving Beetle

Bidessus minutissimus

68Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
5Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May1
Jun12
Jul18
Aug4
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Ceredigion Wales52
2Powys Wales7
3Gwynedd Wales5
4Carmarthenshire Wales2
5Conwy Wales2
68 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 5 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
68
Peak month
July
Counties with records
5
Scientific name
Bidessus minutissimus
Group
Beetles
NBN Atlas records since 2000
68
Most recorded in
Ceredigion
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Biodiversity List – Wales, UK BAP priority species, Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Coleoptera
Family
Dytiscidae
Genus
Bidessus
Name with authority
Bidessus minutissimus (Germar, 1824)
Described
1824

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q2052080 · GBIF 4469928