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
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Berosus

Leach, 1817

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

Diversity

Species include:

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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 July 26, 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 August 1, 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.


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