Berosus aculeatus

Berosus aculeatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Genus: Berosus
Species: Berosus aculeatus
(LeConte, 1855)

Berosus aculeatus is a species of hydrophilid beetle native to the United States and Cuba.[1] It was originally described by John Lawrence LeConte in 1855 and is characterized by prolonged apices of its elytra.[2][3]

References

  1. 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 3677367Freely accessible. PMID 23794806.
  2. LeConte, John Lawrence (1855). "Synopsis of the Hydrophilidae of the United States". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 7: 356–375.
  3. Testa, III, Sam; Lago, Paul K. (1994). "The Aquatic Hydrophilidae (Coleoptera) of Mississippi" (PDF). Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experimental Station Technical Bulletin. 193 (5): 1–71. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 9, 2015.


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