Berosus (beetle)

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]

Berosus
Berosus affinis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Hydrophilidae
Subfamily: Hydrophilinae
Tribe: Berosini
Genus: Berosus
Leach, 1817

Beetles of this genus are aquatic, with most living in ponds and other marshy habitat types.[3]

Diversity

Species include:

Additional Australian species:[5]

  • Berosus arcus Watts, 1987
  • Berosus juxtadiscolor Watts, 1987
  • Berosus macropunctatus Watts, 1987
  • Berosus niger Watts, 1987
  • Berosus quadrapunctatus Watts, 1987
  • Berosus ralphi Watts, 1987
  • Berosus reardoni Watts, 1987
  • Berosus sarahae Watts, 1987
  • Berosus timmsi Watts, 1987
  • Berosus trishae Watts, 1987
  • Berosus wadeae Watts, 1987
  • Berosus amoenus Watts, 1987
  • Berosus aquilo Watts, 1987
  • Berosus dallasae Watts, 1987
  • Berosus gibbae Watts, 1987
  • Berosus josephenae Watts, 1987
  • Berosus nicholasi Watts, 1987
  • Berosus sadieae Watts, 1987
  • Berosus sonjae Watts, 1987
  • erosus veronicae Watts, 1987
  • Berosus vijae Watts, 1987

References

  1. 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 August 13, 2015.
  2. 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 December 23, 2015.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. "Australian Faunal Directory: Names list for Berosus Leach, 1817". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 2022-06-29.


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