Berosus (beetle)

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Kingdom Animalia Family Hydrophilidae Phylum Arthropoda Order Beetle		Class Insecta Scientific name Berosus Rank Genus

Similar Beetle, Enochrus, Anacaena, Paracymus, Hydrophilidae

Berosus is a genus of beetles in the family Hydrophilidae, the water scavenger beetles. The genus contains 273 species. It is distributed worldwide.

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

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

Berosus rugulosus Horn, 1873

Berosus salvini Sharp, 1882

Berosus sayi Hansen, 1999

Berosus spiniger Queney, 2010

Berosus striatus Say, 1825

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

References

Berosus (beetle) Wikipedia

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