A preliminary checklist of the minute diving beetles of Belize (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Bidessini) Author Scheers, Kevin Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO) & Biodiversity Inventory for Conservation (NPO) (BINCO) Author Thomaes, Arno Research Institute for Nature and Forest (INBO) text Belgian Journal of Entomology 2022 2022-01-26 125 1 15 journal article 298378 10.5281/zenodo.11583019 19dcb5c9-3669-4654-8067-48992a510cbc 2295-0214 11583019 9377F481-73E6-4496-B14A-9F5DD4CCFC1C Neobidessus persimilis ( Régimbart, 1895 ) STUDIED MATERIAL . TOLEDO : Punta Gorda , puddle on road, 16°06'20,3"N , 88°48'29,5"W , 13. V .2015 , Leg. K. Scheers & A. Thomaes ( 7 ex. ) ; Punta Gorda , fishpond, 16°06'24,6"N , 88°48'25,5"W , 23.IV.2015 , Leg. K. Scheers & A. Thomaes ( 2 ex. ) ; Punta Gorda , tyre rut puddle, 16°05'24"N , 88°51'6,5"W , 25.IV.2015 , Leg. K. Scheers & A. Thomaes ( 10 ex. ) ; Punta Gorda , small stream, 16°05'17,8"N , 88°52'4"W , 25.IV.2015 , Leg. K. Scheers & A. Thomaes ( 10 ex. ) ; Punta Gorda , puddle in temporary marsh, 16°05’19,3”N , 88°52’3,7”W , 25.IV.2015 , Leg. K. Scheers & A. Thomaes ( 4 ex. ) ; Punta Gorda , small stream, 16°05'27,3"N , 88°51'32,7"W , 25.IV.2015 , Leg. K. Scheers & A. Thomaes ( 4 ex. ) ; Punta Gorda , small stream, 16°05'37,8"W , 88°50'35,6"W , 25.IV.2015 , Leg. K. Scheers & A. Thomaes ( 1 ex. ) . DISTRIBUTION . Belize ( first record ), El Salvador , Guatemala , Mexico , Nicaragua ( YOUNG , 1977 ). In Belize only known from the southern part of the Toledo district ( Fig. 2 J ). HABITAT . In the south of Belize this species is found in small puddles and tyre ruts and in pools in small, sluggish streams. NOTE . This species is rather widespread in Central America, occurring from Nicaragua to Mexico , but in Belize it seems to be restricted to the extreme south where it was only found in the vicinity of the city Punta Gorda near coastal level.