Bidessus minutissimus (Germar, 1823)
(Minutest Diving Beetle)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesBidessus minutissimus (Minutest Diving Beetle)
SubfamilyHYDROPORINAE (a subfamily of water beetles)
FamilyDYTISCIDAE (diving beetles)
SuborderADEPHAGA (water and ground beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Foster, G.N. & Carr, R. 2004 The three smallest British Diving Beetles British Wildlife Vol 15, No. 6: 416-420.

Bidessus minutissimus (Minutest Diving Beetle) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Bidessus minutissimus (Minutest Diving Beetle)
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