Berosus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Staphyliniformia
Superfamilia: Hydrophiloidea

Familia: Hydrophilidae
Subfamilia: Hydrophilinae
Tribus: Berosini
Genus: Berosus
Subgenera (3): B. (Berosus) – B. (Enoplurus) – B. (Phelerosus)

[source: Hansen (1999)]
Overview of species

B. aberrans – B. aculeatus – B. acutispina – B. aequepunctatus – B. aericeps – B. aettiops – B. affinis – B. afjinis – B. albipes – B. algericus – B. allipes – B. alternans – B. altus – B. ambogynus – B. amoenus – B. amrishi – B. andinus – B. apicalis – B. approximans – B. apure – B. aquilo – B. aragua – B. arcanus – B. arcus – B. arnetti – B. aschnae – B. asiaticus – B. asphaltinus – B. assamensis – B. asymmetricus – B. atlanticus – B. atrodorsus – B. aulus – B. auriceps – B. auritus – B. auspicalis – B. australiae – B. australis – B. avernus – B. batesi – B. bergrothi – B. bermudanus – B. bibulus – B. bidenticulatus – B. birmensis – B. bispina – B. bispinus – B. blackburni – B. blechrus – B. bonaerensis – B. bonairensis – B. borelii – B. borellii – B. bowringi – B. brevibasis – B. brevilobus – B. bruchianus – B. byzantinus – B. californicus – B. capanaparo – B. capitatus – B. carinatus – B. cariniceps – B. castaneus – B. chalcocephalus – B. chevrolati – B. chinensis – B. coelacanthus – B. cognatus – B. cognitor – B. consobrinus – B. continentalis – B. coptogonus – B. cornicinus – B. corozo – B. corrini – B. corrugalus – B. corrugatus – B. corsicus – B. corumbanus – B. crassipes – B. crassus – B. cribrosus – B. cuspidatus – B. dallasae – B. debilipennis – B. debilis – B. decipiens – B. decolor – B. decrescens – B. degallieri – B. dehiscens – B. dejeanii – B. dentalis – B. dentatis – B. dentifer – B. dibaphus – B. dinajpuricus – B. discolor – B. dispar – B. distigma – B. diutinus – B. dolerosus – B. domitus – B. ducalis – B. dunguensis – B. duplopunctatus – B. duquefi – B. ebeninus – B. egregrius – B. elegans – B. elongatulus – B. emarginatus – B. engelharti – B. erraticus – B. ethmonotus – B. exilis – B. externespinosus – B. externnespinosus – B. fairmairei – B. fairmairizait – B. falcatus – B. fallax – B. festai – B. festivus – B. fictus – B. firmius – B. fischeri – B. flavicornis – B. flavipes – B. flindersi – B. forsteri – B. fratellus – B. fraternus – B. freyi – B. frontfoveatus – B. frontifoveatus – B. fulvus – B. furcatus – B. fuscostriatus – B. garciai – B. geayi – B. gebieni – B. geminus – B. ghanicoides – B. ghanicus – B. gibbae – B. globosus – B. gordito – B. gracilipes – B. gracilispina – B. gravis – B. griseus – B. guadeloupensis – B. guilielmi – B. guttalis – B. guttallis – B. guttatus – B. guyanensis – B. gynopalpis – B. hamatus – B. hammondi – B. hatchi – B. hispanicus – B. hispidulus – B. holdhausi – B. hoplites – B. huangi – B. humeralis – B. immaculatus – B. immaculicollis – B. incretus – B. indicus – B. indiges – B. indus – B. ineditus – B. inermis – B. inflatipes – B. infuscatus – B. ingeminatus – B. inpa – B. insignis – B. insolitus – B. interstitialis – B. interstitislis – B. invisitatus – B. involutus – B. jaechi – B. japonicus – B. japonoicus – B. javanus – B. jolyi – B. josephenae – B. josephinae – B. juxtadiscolor – B. kruperi – B. kulzeri – B. kuntzeni – B. labelli – B. lapponicus – B. latipalpus – B. leleupi – B. lenkoranus – B. lewisius – B. lineicollis – B. lircayensis – B. llanensis – B. luridus – B. luteus – B. maculosus – B. macumbensis – B. madagascariensis – B. maerens – B. majusculus – B. manjarensis – B. margaritinus – B. margipallens – B. marmoratus – B. marquardti – B. masculinus – B. maximiliani – B. megaphallus – B. megillus – B. melanocephalus – B. mergus – B. metalliceps – B. mexicaenus – B. miles – B. minimus – B. mixtus – B. morticinus – B. mucronatus – B. multicarinatus – B. multimaculatus – B. munitipennis – B. murinus – B. navatus – B. nervulus – B. nessus – B. neumanni – B. nicholasi – B. niger – B. nigerianus – B. nigriceps – B. nigrinus – B. nigropictus – B. nigropunctatus – B. nipponicus – B. nitidissimus – B. notapeltatus – B. nudicollis – B. nutans – B. obesus – B. obscuriceps – B. obscurifrons – B. obscurus – B. obsoletus – B. oerioeps – B. olivae – B. oregonensis – B. ornaticollis – B. ovipennis – B. pallescens – B. pallidipennis – B. pallidulus – B. pallipes – B. palposus – B. paraguayanus – B. patruelis – B. patrusclis – B. pauxillus – B. pauxosus – B. pectoralis – B. pedregalensis – B. peregrinus – B. phallicus – B. philippinus – B. pluripunctatus – B. problematicus – B. prolongatus – B. pudens – B. pugnax – B. pulchellus – B. pullatus – B. punctatissimus – B. puncticollis – B. punctipennis – B. punctulatus – B. quadrapunctatus – B. quadridens – B. quartinius – B. quartinus – B. queenslandicus – B. ralphi – B. reardoni – B. rectangulus – B. repertus – B. restitus – B. reticulatus – B. rishwani – B. rubiginosus – B. rufulus – B. rugulosus – B. sadieae – B. salinus – B. salvini – B. samarkanti – B. sarahae – B. sayi – B. schillhammeri – B. schusteri – B. sculptus – B. seriatus – B. siamensis – B. signaticollis – B. simplicipes – B. simulans – B. singularis – B. sinigus – B. sonjae – B. speciosus – B. specta – B. spectatus – B. spiniger – B. spinosus – B. spretus – B. stenocoptus – B. sticticus – B. stigmaticollis – B. stratonicus – B. striatus – B. stribalus – B. styliferus – B. subandinus – B. subciliaris – B. subglobosus – B. subovatus – B. subsignatus – B. subtiis – B. subtilis – B. suturalis – B. tartagalensis – B. tectonicus – B. tenuis – B. tessellatus – B. tetracanthus – B. timmsi – B. toxacanthus – B. tramidrum – B. trilobus – B. trishae – B. truncatipennis – B. trunctatipennis – B. ugandanus – B. uhligi – B. undatus – B. unguidentatus – B. uniformis – B. ussingi – B. valparadiseus – B. veronicae – B. vestitus – B. vicarius – B. vietnamensis – B. vijae – B. vilipendus – B. villosulus – B. villosus – B. vinsoni – B. vitticollis – B. wadeae – B. wewalkai – B. wintersteineri – B. youngi – B. yunnanensis – B. zimmermann
Name

Berosus Leach, 1817

References

Deler-Hernández, A., Fikáček, M. & Cala-Riquelme, F. 2013. A review of the genus Berosus Leach of Cuba (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae). ZooKeys, 273: 73–106. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.273.4591 Open access. Reference page.
Hansen, M. 1999: Hydrophiloidea (s. str.) (Coleoptera). World catalogue of insects, 2. Stenstrup: Apollo Books. ISBN 87-88757-31-5 ISSN: 1398-8700
ICZN 1990: OPINION 1577. Hydrobius Leach, 1815 (Insecta, Coleoptera): Dytiscus fuscipes Linnaeus, 1758 conserved as type species, and Berosus Leach, 1817 (Insecta, Coleoptera): conserved. Bulletin of zoological nomenclature, 47(1): 71–72. ISSN: 0007-5167 Internet Archive BHL BioStor
Leschen, R.A.B.; Lawrence, J.F.; Kuschel, G.; Thorpe, S.; Wang, Q. 2003: Coleoptera genera of New Zealand. New Zealand entomologist, 26: 15–28.
Macfarlane, R.P. et al. 2010: [Chapter] NINE Phylum ARTHROPODA SUBPHYLUM HEXAPODA Protura, springtails, Diplura, and insects. pp. 233–467 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.): New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume 2. Kingdom Animalia. Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. ISBN 978-1-87725793-3
Oliva, A.; Short, A.E.Z. 2012: Review of the Berosus Leach of Venezuela (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae, Berosini) with description of fourteen new species. ZooKeys 206: 1–69. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.206.2587 Open access. Reference page.
Queney, P. 2010. Two new species of Berosus Leach from Brazil (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Berosini). Zootaxa, 2506: 51–58. Preview
Rodriguez, G., Archangelsky, M. & Torres, P.L.M. 2015. Description of immatures of Berosus decolor Knisch, 1924 (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Berosini), with emphasis on chaetotaxy and morphometry. Zootaxa 3981(4): 577–591. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3981.4.8 Preview (PDF)Reference page.
Watts, C.H.S. 1987: Revision of Australian Berosus Leach (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Records of the South Australian Museum, 21(1): 1–28. PDF
Watts, C.H.S. 1996: Three new Berosus Leach (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) from Australia. Records of the South Australian Museum, 29(2): 147–152. PDF

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

References

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.
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.
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. doi:10.3897/zookeys.273.4591. PMC 3677367. PMID 23794806.