Berosus (beetle) explained
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
- Berosus affinis Brullé, 1835
- Berosus apure Oliva, 2002
- Berosus arnetti Van Tassell, 1990
- Berosus atlanticus Queney, 2007
- Berosus blechrus Leech, 1948
- Berosus chevrolati Zaitzev, 1908
- Berosus corrini Wooldridge, 1964
- Berosus degallieri Queney, 2010
- Berosus duquefi Queney, 2006
- Berosus dolerosus Leech, 1948
- Berosus exiguus Say, 1825
- Berosus fischeri Schödl, 1993
- Berosus fraternus LeConte, 1855
- Berosus guyanensis Queney, 2006
- Berosus hatchi Miller, 1965
- Berosus hoplites Sharp, 1887
- Berosus infuscatus LeConte, 1855
- Berosus ingeminatus Orchymont, 1946
- Berosus interstitialis Knisch, 1924
- Berosus maculosus Mannerheim, 1853
- Berosus metalliceps Sharp, 1882
- Berosus miles LeConte, 1855
- Berosus moerens Sharp, 1882
- Berosus nigricollis Hebauer, 2006
- Berosus notopeltatus Van Tassell, 1963
- Berosus olivae Queney, 2006
- Berosus ordinatus LeConte, 1855
- Berosus oregonensis Miller, 1965
- Berosus pantherinus LeConte, 1855
- Berosus peregrinus Herbst, 1797
- Berosus pugnax LeConte, 1863
- Berosus punctatissimus LeConte, 1855
- Berosus quadridens Chevrolat, 1863[4]
- Berosus rugulosus Horn, 1873
- Berosus salvini Sharp, 1882
- Berosus sayi Hansen, 1999
- Berosus spiniger Queney, 2010
- Berosus stylifer Horn, 1873
- Berosus trilobus Chevrolat, 1863
- Berosus truncatipennis Castelnau, 1840
- Berosus tayouanus Ueng, Wang & Wang, 2007
- Berosus undatus Fabricius, 1792
- Berosus youngi Wooldridge, 1964
Additional Australian species:[5]
- Berosus arcus
- Berosus juxtadiscolor
- Berosus macropunctatus
- Berosus niger
- Berosus quadrapunctatus
- Berosus ralphi
- Berosus reardoni
- Berosus sarahae
- Berosus timmsi
- Berosus trishae
- Berosus wadeae
- Berosus amoenus
- Berosus aquilo
- Berosus dallasae
- Berosus gibbae
- Berosus josephenae
- Berosus nicholasi
- Berosus sadieae
- Berosus sonjae
- erosus veronicae
- Berosus vijae
External links
Notes and References
- A. E.Z. . Short . M. . Fikáček . World catalogue of the Hydrophiloidea (Coleoptera): additions and corrections II (2006-1010) . Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae . 2011 . 51 . 1 . 83–122 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150813161822/http://cercyon.eu/Publications_PDF/ShortFikacek_CatalogueUpdateII.pdf . August 13, 2015 . dead .
- A. E. Z. . Short . F. . Hebauer . World Catalogue of Hydrophiloidea – additions and corrections, 1 (1999–2005) (Coleoptera) . Koleopterologische Rundschau . 76 . 315–359 . 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151223235958/http://waterbeetles.kubiodiversityinstitute.org/ShortPDFs/Short&Hebauer2005_updates.pdf . dead . December 23, 2015.
- 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 . 10.3897/zookeys.273.4591 . 23794806 . 3677367. free .
- Web site: Australian Faunal Directory: Names list for Berosus Leach, 1817 . 2022-06-29 . biodiversity.org.au . en.
