Oosternum Explained

Oosternum is a genus of water scavenger beetles in the family Hydrophilidae. There are more than 20 described species in Oosternum.

Species

These 23 species belong to the genus Oosternum:

• Oosternum acutheca
• Oosternum aequinoctiale Motschulsky, 1855
• Oosternum andersoni Deler-Hernández, Cala-Riquelme & Fikáček, 2014
• Oosternum attacomis Spangler, 1962
• Oosternum attenuatum
• Oosternum bacharenge Deler-Hernández, Cala-Riquelme & Fikáček, 2014
• Oosternum cercyonoides Deler-Hernández, Cala-Riquelme & Fikáček, 2014
• Oosternum cicatricosum
• Oosternum convexum
• Oosternum costatum (LeConte, 1855)
• Oosternum gibbicolle
• Oosternum holosericeum
• Oosternum horni d'Orchymont, 1914
• Oosternum insulare Deler-Hernández, Cala-Riquelme & Fikáček, 2014
• Oosternum intermedium
• Oosternum latum Fikacek, Hebauer & Hansen, 2009
• Oosternum luciae Deler-Hernández, Cala-Riquelme & Fikáček, 2014
• Oosternum megnai Deler-Hernández, Cala-Riquelme & Fikáček, 2014
• Oosternum okinawaense Hoshina, 2011
• Oosternum pecki Deler-Hernández, Cala-Riquelme & Fikáček, 2014
• Oosternum pubescens (LeConte, 1855)
• Oosternum sharpi Hansen, 1999
• Oosternum simplex

Further reading

• Book: Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera, Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea - Staphylinoidea. 2015. Lobl . I.. Smetana . A.. Apollo Books. 978-90-04-29685-5.