Berosus zimmermanni Knisch, 1921

Oliva, Adriana & Short, Andrew E. Z., 2012, Review of the Berosus Leach of Venezuela (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae, Berosini) with description of fourteen new species, ZooKeys 206, pp. 1-69 : 52

Berosus zimmermanni Knisch, 1921

Berosus (Berosus) zimmermanni Knisch, 1921: 15.

Berosus zimmermanni Knisch: Oliva (1989: 89).

Material examined

(8). VENEZUELA: Apure State: Hato El Frio, Fundo Ceibote, 20.v.1975, leg. C. Rosales (4 exs., MIZA, SEMC); Fundo La Florida, Rio Quitaparo, 7°05'N, 68°26'W, 42 m, 11-14.vi.1999, leg. E. Osuna & A. Chacon (1 ex., MIZA); same data but 16-18.v.1999 (1 ex., SEMC). Portuguesa State: San Nicolas Experimental Station, 56 km from Guanare, 180 m, 11.v.1975, light trap (1 ex., MIZA). Tachira State: San Joaquin de Navay, 400 m, 21-22.vi.1979, leg. A. Chacon (2 exs., MIZA). Representative specimen will be deposited in NHW, NMPC, and USNM.

Distribution.

Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Venezuela (Apure, Portuguesa, Táchira). New record for Venezuela

Remarks.

Although species is known from several localities in the southwestern Llanos and in the foothills of the Andes, no new specimens have yet been collected during recent fieldwork. This species is remarkable by the claws, which are bidentate in all the legs and in both the sexes.

Incertae sedis