Species Detail - Minutest Diving Beetle (Bidessus minutissimus) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Water Beetles of Ireland".
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50km
Marine Map - 50km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Bidessus minutissimus
Minutest Diving Beetle
NBNSYS0000007523
RecommendedWell-formed
Threatened Species: Regionally Extinct
bimin
(Germar, 1823)
Insect - beetle (Coleoptera)
Species
8
4
4
01/01/1847
30/04/1931
4 June (recorded in 1929)
12 August (recorded in 1899)
Balfour Browne Club, Water Beetles of Ireland, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Minutest Diving Beetle (Bidessus minutissimus), accessed 19 January 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/58/Species/65084