Berosus (beetle)
| Berosus | |
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| Berosus affinis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Hydrophilidae |
| Subfamily: | Hydrophilinae |
| Tribe: | Berosini |
| Genus: | Berosus Leach, 1817 |
Berosus is a genus of beetles in the family Hydrophilidae, the water scavenger beetles. The genus contains 273 species.[1][2] It is distributed worldwide.[3]
Beetles of this genus are aquatic, with most living in ponds and other marshy habitat types.[3]
Diversity[]
Species include:
- Berosus aculeatus LeConte, 1855
- Brullé, 1835
- Oliva, 2002
- Van Tassell, 1990
- Queney, 2007
- Leech, 1948
- Berosus chevrolati Zaitzev, 1908
- Berosus corrini Wooldridge, 1964
- Queney, 2010
- Queney, 2006
- Leech, 1948
- Berosus exiguus Say, 1825
- Schödl, 1993
- Berosus fraternus LeConte, 1855
- Queney, 2006
- Berosus hatchi Miller, 1965
- Sharp, 1887
- Berosus infuscatus LeConte, 1855
- Orchymont, 1946
- Berosus interstitialis Knisch, 1924
- Mannerheim, 1853
- Berosus metalliceps Sharp, 1882
- Berosus miles LeConte, 1855
- Berosus moerens Sharp, 1882
- Hebauer, 2006
- Van Tassell, 1963
- Queney, 2006
- Berosus ordinatus LeConte, 1855
- Miller, 1965
- Berosus pantherinus LeConte, 1855
- Berosus peregrinus Herbst, 1797
- Berosus pugnax LeConte, 1863
- LeConte, 1855
- Berosus quadridens Chevrolat, 1863[4]
- Horn, 1873
- Sharp, 1882
- Berosus sayi Hansen, 1999
- Queney, 2010
- Horn, 1873
- Berosus trilobus Chevrolat, 1863
- Castelnau, 1840
- Ueng, Wang & Wang, 2007
- Berosus undatus Fabricius, 1792
- Berosus youngi Wooldridge, 1964
References[]
- ^ Short, A. E.Z.; Fikáček, M. (2011). "World catalogue of the Hydrophiloidea (Coleoptera): additions and corrections II (2006-1010)" (PDF). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. 51 (1): 83–122. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 26, 2015.
- ^ Short, A. E. Z.; Hebauer, F. (2006). "World Catalogue of Hydrophiloidea – additions and corrections, 1 (1999–2005) (Coleoptera)" (PDF). Koleopterologische Rundschau. 76: 315–359. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 1, 2015.
- ^ a b Oliva, A., & Short, A. E. (2012). Review of the Berosus Leach of Venezuela (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae, Berosini) with description of fourteen new species. ZooKeys, (206), 1-69.
- ^ Deler-Hernández; Fikáček; Cala-Riquelme (2013). "A review of the genus Berosus Leach of Cuba (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae)". ZooKeys (273): 73–106. doi:10.3897/zookeys.273.4591. PMC 3677367. PMID 23794806.
External links[]
- Berosus on Encyclopedia of Life
Media related to Berosus at Wikimedia Commons
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