Michael Balke

Michael Balke, German entomologist.

Author abbreviation: Balke

• Zoological State Collection, Münchhausenstr. 21, D-81247 Munich, Germany
• GeoBioCenter, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany

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• 142 taxon names authored by Michael Balke

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• 1 eponym of Michael Balke

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• Hendrich, L., & Balke, M. 1995. Die Schwimmkäfer der Sunda-Insel Bali: Faunistik, Taxonomie, Ökologie, Besiedlungsgeschichte und Beschreibung von vier neuen Arten (Col., Dytiscidae). Faunistische Abhandlungen des Museums für Tierkunde in Dresden 20(5): 29–56. Reference page. 

• Balke, M., Hendrich, L. & Yang, C.M. 1997. Updating the Southeast Asian Neptosternus Sharp fauna (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 45(2): 369-374. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Hendrich, L., & Balke, M., 1997: Taxonomische Revision der südostasiatischen Arten der Gattung Neptosternus Sharp, 1882 (Dytiscidae). Koleopterologische Rundschau 67: 53–97. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

• Balke, M. & Hendrich, L. 1998: Updating the Southeast Asian Neptosternus Sharp Fauna II (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 46(1): 135-138. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Balke, M., Mazzoldi, P. & Hendrich, L. 1998. Two new Laccophilus species (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) from Southeast Asia, and notes on other species of the genus The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 46(1): 71–77. PDF Reference page. 
• Hendrich, L., & Balke, M. 1998: Zwei neue Schwimmkäfer der Gattung Copelatus Erichson 1832 aus Indien (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Entomologische Zeitschrift 108(9): 356–362. Reference page. 

• Balke, M. & Hendrich, L. 1999. An enigmatic new species of Allopachria Zimmermann, 1924 from Malaysia (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 47(1): 283–286. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Hendrich, L., & Balke, M., 1999: Two new species of Neptosternus SHARP 1882 from Southern India (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 31(1): 57–62. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

• Hendrich, L., & Balke, M. 2000: Two new species of Indian diving beetles of the genus Neptosternus SHARP 1882 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 32(2): 1285-1290. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Hendrich, L., & Balke, M. 2000a: The genus Neptosternus SHARP 1882 in the Philippines: Taxonomy and Biogeography (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 32(2): 1291-1299. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

• Hendrich, L., & Balke, M. 2001: Neptosternus martinae sp. n. — ein neuer Schwimmkäfer von der Insel Sulawesi. Linzer biologische Beiträge 33(2): 1261-1266. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Wewalka, G., Balke, M. & Hendrich, L. 2001. Anginopachria, a new genus for an enigmatic species previously assigned to Allopachria (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) Entomological Problems 32(1): 91–92. Reference page. 

• Ribera, I., Beutel, R.G., Balke, M. & Vogler, A.P. 2002. Discovery of Aspidytidae, a new family of aquatic Coleoptera. Proceedings of the Royal Society (B) 269: 2351–2356. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2002.2157  . PDF. Reference page. 

• Balke, M., Ribera, I. & Beutel, R.G. 2003. Aspidytidae: on the discovery of a new beetle family: detailed morphological analysis, description of a second species, and key to fossil and extant adephagan families (Coleoptera). Pp. 53–66. in Jäch, M.A. & Ji, L. (eds.) Water beetles of China. Volume 3. Zoologisch - Botanische Gesellschaft, Vienna. PDF. Reference page. 
• Hendrich, L., & Balke, M. 2003: Neptosternus arnecornelii sp. n. from Borneo and notes on other species of the genus (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Linzer biologische Beiträge 35(1): 181-187. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

• Wewalka, G., Balke, M., Hájek, J. & Hendrich, L. 2005. Two new species of Anginopachria Wewalka, Balke & Hendrich from Malaysia and Thailand (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) Koleopterologische Rundschau 75: 45–51. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

• Kotrba, M. & Balke, M. 2006. The systematic position of Cladodiopsis Séguy, 1949, and the origin of sexual dimorphism in stalk-eyed flies (Diptera: Diopsidae) inferred from DNA sequence data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 38(3): 843–847. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2005.11.009 Reference page. 

• Hunt, T., Bergsten, J., Levkanicova, Z., Papadopoulou, A., St. John, O., Wild, R., Hammond, P.M., Ahrens, D., Balke, M., Caterino, M.S., Gómez-Zurita, J., Ribera, I., Barraclough, T.G., Bocakova, M., Bocak, L. & Vogler, A.P. 2007. A comprehensive phylogeny of beetles reveals the evolutionary origins of a superradiation. Science 318: 1913–1916. DOI: 10.1126/science.1146954  . Reference page. 
• Wewalka, G., Ribera, I. & Balke, M. 2007. Description of a new subterranean hyphydrine species from Hainan (China), based on morphology and DNA sequence data (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Koleopterologische Rundschau 77: 61–66. PDF. Reference page. 

• Hájek, J., Hendrich, L., Hawlitschek, O. & Balke, M. 2010. Copelatus sibelaemontis sp. nov. (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) from the Moluccas with generic assignment based on morphology and DNA sequence data. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 50(2): 437–443. PDF Reference page. 
• Kotrba, M., Carr, M. & Balke, M., 2010. The systematic position of Diopsina Curran, 1928 (Diptera: Diopsidae) inferred from DNA sequence data. Insect Systematics & Evolution 41(3): 295–302. DOI: 10.1163/187631210X507027 Reference page. 

• Shaverdo, H.V., Surbakti, S., Hendrich, L. & Balke, M. 2012. Introduction of the Exocelina ekari-group with descriptions of 22 new species from New Guinea (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Copelatinae). ZooKeys 250: 1-76. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.250.3715 Reference page. 
• Skale, A., Tänzler, R., Hendrich, L. & Balke, M. 2012. High mitochondrial DNA sequence divergence in New Guinea Carabdytes stream beetles and the taxonomist’s dilemma when other evidence is kind of subtle… (and collecting localities are far far away). ZooKeys 247: 31-43. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.247.3812 Reference page. 

• Balke, M., Toussaint, E.F.A., Hendrich, L. & Hájek, J. 2013. A new species of the Australian genus Necterosoma from Timor (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporini). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 53(1): 65–74. PDF Reference page. 
• Balke, M., Warikar, E., Toussaint, E.F.A. & Hendrich, L. 2013. Papuadessus baueri spec. nov. from Biak Island, Papua (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Hydroporinae). Spixiana 36(2): 283–288. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Riedel, A., Sagata, K., Surbakti, S., Tänzler, R. & Balke, M. 2013. One hundred and one new species of Trigonopterus weevils from New Guinea. ZooKeys 280: 1–150. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.280.3906 Reference page. 
• Shaverdo, H.V., Hendrich, L. & Balke, M. 2013. Exocelina baliem sp. n., the only known pond species of New Guinea Exocelina Broun, 1886 (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Copelatinae). ZooKeys 304: 83–99. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.304.4852 Reference page. 

• Balke, M., Hájek, J., Hendrich, L. & Wewalka, G. 2014. Exocelina nehoue sp. nov. from New Caledonia, with a new synonym and new collecting records for other species in the genus (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Mémoires du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle 206: 181–190. [Not seen] Reference page. 
• Hendrich, L., Toussaint, E.F.A. & Balke, M. 2014: A new genus of Hydroporini from south-western Australia (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae). Spixiana 37(1): 103–109. Full article (PDF) Reference page. 
• Riedel, A., Tänzler, R., Balke, M., Rahmadi, C. & Suhardjono, Y.R. 2014. Ninety-eight new species of Trigonopterus weevils from Sundaland and the Lesser Sunda Islands. ZooKeys 467: 1–162. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.467.8206 Reference page. 
• Shaverdo, H.V., Sagata, K., Panjaitan, R., Menufandu, H. & Balke, M. 2014. Description of 23 new species of the Exocelina ekari-group from New Guinea, with a key to all representatives of the species group (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Copelatinae). ZooKeys 468: 1–83. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.468.8506  . Reference page. 

• Balke, M., Ruthensteiner, B., Warikar, E.L., Neven, K. & Hendrich, L. 2015. Two new species of Limbodessus diving beetles from New Guinea - short verbal descriptions flanked by online content (digital photography, μCT scans, drawings and DNA sequence data). Biodiversity Data Journal 3: e7096. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.3.e7096. Reference page. 
• Hendrich, L., Apenborn, R., Burmeister, E-G. & Balke, M. 2015. A new species of Agaporomorphus Zimmermann, 1921 from Peru (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Copelatinae). Zookeys 512: 63–76. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.512.9505 Reference page. 
• Hendrich, L. & Balke, M. 2015: Review of the genus Sekaliporus Watts, 1997 with description of a new species from northern Australia (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae, Hydroporinae). Zootaxa 3981(1): 107–116. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3981.1.5. Preview (PDF) Reference page. 
• Toussaint, E.F.A., Morinière, J., Müller, C.J., Kunte, K., Turlin, B., Hausmann, A. & Balke, M. 2015. Comparative molecular species delimitation in the charismatic Nawab butterflies (Nymphalidae, Charaxinae, Polyura). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 91: 194–209. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.05.015. Reference page. 

• Hendrich, L., Balke, M. & Watts, C.H.S. 2016. Description of a new Tiporus Watts, 1985 from northern Queensland, Australia (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae, Hydroporinae). Zootaxa 4189(1): 174–182. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4189.1.10. Reference page. 
• Riedel, A., Tänzler, R., Suhardjono, Y.R. & Balke, M. 2016. Large-scale molecular phylogeny of Cryptorhynchinae (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) from multiple genes suggests American origin and later Australian radiation. Systematic Entomology 41(2): 492–503. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12170 Reference page. 
• Shaverdo, H.V., Panjaitan, R. & Balke, M. 2016. A new, widely distributed species of the Exocelina ekari-group from West Papua (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Copelatinae). ZooKeys 554: 69-85. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.554.6065. Reference page. 
• Shaverdo, H.V., Sagata, K. & Balke, M. 2016. Description of two new species of the Exocelina broschii-group from Papua New Guinea, with revision and key to all representatives of this species group (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Copelatinae). ZooKeys 577: 125–148. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.577.7254 Reference page. 
• Shaverdo, H.V., Sagata, K. & Balke, M. 2016. Taxonomic revision of New Guinea diving beetles of the Exocelina danae group, with the description of ten new species (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Copelatinae). ZooKeys 619: 45–102. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.619.9951 Reference page. 
• Toussaint, E.F.A., Beutel, R.G., Morinière, J., Jia, F., Xu, S., Michat, M.C., Zhou, X., Bilton, D.T., Ribera, I., Hájek, J. & Balke, M. 2016. Molecular phylogeny of the highly disjunct cliff water beetles from South Africa and China (Coleoptera: Aspidytidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 176(3): 537–546. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12332  . Reference page. 
• Toussaint, E.F.A., Balke, M., García, M. & Short, A.E.Z. 2016. Molecular Systematics of the Neotropical Diving Beetle Genus Rugosus García, 2001 (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Copelatinae). The Coleopterists Bulletin 70(1): 53–58. DOI: 10.1649/072.070.0105  . JSTOR  . Reference page. 
• Watts, C.H.S., Hendrich, L. & Balke, M. 2016. A new interstitial species of diving beetle from tropical northern Australia provides a scenario for the transition of epigean to stygobitic life (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Copelatinae). Subterranean Biology, 19: 23–29. DOI: 10.3897/subtbiol.19.9513   Reference page. 

• Balke, M., Bergsten, J., Wang, L-J. & Hendrich, L. 2017. A new genus and two new species of Southeast Asian Bidessini as well as new synonyms for Oceanian species (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae). ZooKeys 647: 137–151. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.647.11231. Reference page. 
• Balke, M., Hájek, J. & Hendrich, L. 2017. Generic reclassification of species formerly included in Rhantus Dejean (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Colymbetinae). Zootaxa 4258(1): 91–100. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4258.1.7. Reference page. 
• Shaverdo, H.V., Sumoked, B. & Balke, M. 2017. Descriptions of two new species and one new subspecies from the Exocelina okbapensis-group, and notes on the E. aipo-group (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Copelatinae). ZooKeys 715: 17—37. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.715.15913. Reference page. 
• Shaverdo, H., Wild, M., Sumoked, B. & Balke, M. 2017. Six new species of the genus Exocelina Broun, 1886 from Wano Land, New Guinea (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Copelatinae). ZooKeys 665: 93—120. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.665.11792. Reference page. 
• Toussaint, E.F.A., Hendrich, L., Hájek, J., Michat, M.C., Panjaitan, R., Short, A.E.Z. & Balke, M. 2017. Evolution of Pacific Rim diving beetles sheds light on Amphi-Pacific biogeography. Ecography 40(4): 500–510. DOI: 10.1111/ecog.02195  . Reference page. 

• Cancian de Araujo, B., Schmidt, S., Schmidt, O., von Rintelen, T., von Rintelen, K., Floren, A., Ubaidillah, R., Peggie, P. & Balke, M. 2019. DNA barcoding data release for Coleoptera from the Gunung Halimun canopy fogging workpackage of the Indonesian Biodiversity Information System (IndoBioSys) project. Biodiversity Data Journal 7: e31432. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.7.e31432  . Reference page. 
• Cancian de Araujo, B., Schmidt, S., Schmidt, O., von Rintelen, T., Ubaidillah, R. & Balke, M. 2018. The Mt Halimun-Salak Malaise Trap project - releasing the most species rich DNA Barcode library for Indonesia. Biodiversity Data Journal 6: e:29927. DOI: 10.3897/BDJ.6.e29927  . Reference page. 
• Hájek, J., Hendrich, L. & Balke, M. 2018. The Copelatus doriae-masculinus species complex in Greater Sunda, with description of three new species and a new synonymy. Spixiana 41(1): 77-90. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Kodada, J., Hendrich, L. & Balke, M. 2018. Tepuidessus grulai sp. nov. from Acopán Tepui in Venezuela (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae: Bidessini). Zootaxa 4434(3): 561–572. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4434.3.10   Reference page. 
• Shaverdo, H., Sagata, K. & Balke, M. 2018. Introduction of the Exocelina casuarina-group, with a key to its representatives and descriptions of 19 new species from New Guinea (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Copelatinae). Zookeys 803: 7–70. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.803.28903 Reference page. 

• Balke, M. & Hendrich, L. 2019. †Japanolaccophilus beatificus sp. n. from Baltic amber and a key to the Laccophilinae genera of the World (Coleoptera: Laccophilinae). Zootaxa 4567(1): 176–182. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4567.1.10   Reference page. 
• Balke, M., Ospina-Torres, R., Megna, Y.S., Laython, M. & Hendrich, L. 2019. A new species of Rhantus diving beetles from the wetlands of the City of Bogota and surroundings (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Colymbetinae). Alpine Entomology 3: 169-174. DOI: 10.3897/alpento.3.37308.  . Reference page. 
• Hendrich, L., Manuel, M. & Balke, M. 2019. The return of the Duke—locality data for Megadytes ducalis Sharp, 1882, the world’s largest diving beetle, with notes on related species (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Zootaxa 4586(3): 517–535. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4586.3.8   pdf Reference page. 
• Hendrich, L., Shaverdo, H., Hájek, J. & Balke, M. 2019. Taxonomic revision of Australian Copelatus Erichson, 1832 (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Copelatinae). ZooKeys, 889: 81–152. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.889.39090   Reference page. 
• Megan, Y.S., Balke, M., Apenborn, R. & Hendrich, L. 2019. A review of Peruvian diving beetles of the genus Hydaticus Leach, 1817, with description of Hydaticus (Prodaticus) panguana sp. nov. and notes on other Neotropical species (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Zootaxa 4615(1): 113–130. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4615.1.5.  . Reference page. 
• Suárez Megna, Y., Hendrich, L., García-Hernández, A.L., Ospina-Torres, R., Prieto, C. & Balke, M. 2019. Diving beetles of the genus Liodessus Guignot, 1953 in Colombia, with description of three new species (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Aquatic Insects 40(2): 99-122. DOI: 10.1080/01650424.2018.1538521.  . Reference page. 
• Narakusumo, R.P., Balke, M. & Riedel, A. 2019. Seven new species of Trigonopterus Fauvel (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) from the Tanimbar Archipelago. ZooKeys 888: 75-93. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.888.38642. Reference page. 
• Shaverdo, H., Surbakti, S., Warikar, E.L., Sagata, K. & Balke, M. 2019. Nine new species groups, 15 new species, and one new subspecies of New Guinea diving beetles of the genus Exocelina Broun, 1886 (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Copelatinae). ZooKeys, 878: 73–143. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.878.37403   Reference page. 

• Balke, M., Megna, Y.S., Zenteno, N., Figueroa, L. & Hendrich, L. 2020. Two new species of Liodessus Guignot, 1939 diving beetles from Northern Peru (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Hydroporinae). Alpine Entomology 4: 173–178. DOI: 10.3897/alpento.4.55139  . Reference page. 
• Balke, M., Megna, Y.S., Zenteno, N., Figueroa, L. & Hendrich, L. 2020a. New Liodessus species from the high Andes of Peru (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae, Bidessini). Zootaxa 4852(2): 151–165. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4852.2.1.  . Reference page. 
• Balke, M., Ospina-Torres, R., Suarez-Megna, Y. & Hendrich, L. 2020. Liodessus lacunaviridis sp. n. from the high Andes of Colombia (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae: Hydroporinae: Bidessini). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 163: 7-11. DOI: 10.1163/22119434-20192084.  . Reference page. 
• Balke, M. & Ribera, I. 2020. A subterranean species of Exocelina diving beetle from the Malay Peninsula filling a 4,000 km distribution gap between Melanesia and southern China. Subterranean Biology, 34: 25–37. DOI: 10.3897/subtbiol.34.50148   Reference page. 
• Gustafson, G.T., Michat, M.C. & Balke, M. 2020. Burmese amber reveals a new stem lineage of whirligig beetle (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae) based on the larval stage. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 189(4): 1232–1248. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz161  . Reference page. 
• Hendrich, L. & Balke, M. 2020. Hydaticus (Prodaticus) hauthi sp. nov., a new diving beetle from the cloud forest in the Cordillera El Sira, Peru (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae). Zootaxa 4743(3): 419–426. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4743.3.9.  . Reference page. 
• Hendrich, L., Surbakti, S. & Balke, M. 2020. Limbodessus skalei sp. nov., a new diving beetle species from the west Papuan Archipelago (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae, Bidessini). Zootaxa 4763(4): 587–592. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4763.4.8   Reference page. 
• Hendrich, L., Watts, C.H.S. & Balke, M. 2020. The “minute diving beetles” of southern Australia – taxonomic revision of Gibbidessus Watts, 1978, with description of six new species (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Bidessini). ZooKeys, 975: 11–49. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.975.55456   Reference page. 
• Shaverdo, H., Surbakti, Sumoked, B. & Balke, M. 2020. Two new species of the Exocelina ekari group from New Guinea with strongly modified male antennae (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Copelatinae). ZooKeys, 960: 63–78. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.960.55007   Reference page. 
• Shaverdo, H., Surbakti, S., Sumoked, B. & Balke, M. 2020. Three new species of Exocelina Broun, 1886 from the southern slopes of the New Guinea central range, with introduction of the Exocelina skalei group (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Copelatinae). ZooKeys, 1007: 129–143. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1007.59351   Reference page. 

• Balke, M., Suarez-Megna, Y., Ospina-Torres, R., Venegas, J.S., Prieto, C. & Hendrich, L. 2021. A new Colombian species of Liodessus diving beetles from the Páramo de Sumapaz (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Bidessini). ZooKeys 1059ː 79–87. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1059.70134   Reference page. 
• Gentili, E., Balke, M. & Shaverdo, H.V. 2021. Laccobius Erichson, 1837 from the Bird’s Head Peninsula, New Guinea (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae). Giornale Italiano di Entomologia 16(66): 49-70. Reference page. 
• Hájek, J., Shaverdo, H.V., Hendrich, L. & Balke, M. 2021. A review of Copelatus diving beetles from the Solomon Islands, reporting the discovery of six new species (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Copelatinae). Zookeys 1023: 81–118. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1023.61478   Reference page. 
• Shaverdo, H.V., Surbakti, S., Sumoked, B. & Balke, M. 2021. Seven new species of the Exocelina ekari group from New Guinea central and coastal mountains (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Copelatinae). Zookeys 1026: 45–67. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1026.61554   Reference page. 

• Balke, M., Bilton, D.T., García, M.M., Viloria, A.L., Villastrigo, A. & Hendrich, L. 2022. Two new high Andean species of Liodessus diving beetles from Venezuela (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Bidessini). Alpine Entomology 6: 7–12. DOI: 10.3897/alpento.6.79598.  . Reference page. 
• Balke, M., Panjaitan, R., Surbakti, S., Shaverdo, H.V., Hendrich, L., van Dam, M.H. & Lam, A. 2022a. NextRAD phylogenomics, sanger sequencing and morphological data to establish three new species of New Guinea stream beetles. Alpine Entomology 6: 51–64 DOI: 10.3897/alpento.6.86665.  . Reference page. 
• Shaverdo, H. & Balke, M. 2022. A species-group key and notes on phylogeny and character evolution in New Guinean Exocelina Broun, 1886 diving beetles (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Copelatinae). Zookeys 1131ː 31–58. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1131.94205   Reference page. 

• Balke, M., Neven, K., Villastrigo, A., Ospina-Torres, R., Prieto, C., Gutierrez Rubiano, N., Lotta, I.A., Dueñas, L.F. & Hendrich, L. 2023. Eastern Colombian Páramo Liodessus Guignot, 1939 diving beetles are genetically structured, but show signs of hybridization, with description of new species and subspecies (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae). Zookeys 1143ː 165–187. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1143.97461   Reference page. 
• Shaverdo, H., Hájek, J., Hendrich, L., Surbakti, S., Panjaitan, R. & Balke, M. 2023. Austrelatus gen. nov., a new genus of Australasian diving beetles (Coleoptera, Dytiscidae, Copelatinae), with the discovery of 31 new species from New Guinea. Zookeys 1170ː 1–164. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1170.103834   Reference page. 

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