Berosus guyanensis Queney, 2006

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 : 28

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.206.2587

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Berosus guyanensis Queney, 2006
status

 

Berosus guyanensis Queney, 2006 Fig. 13

Berosus guyanensis Queney, 2006: 206.

Material examined

(9):VENEZUELA: Bolívar State: Chivaton Hotel, on rd. to Kavanayen, 1370 m, 28.vi.1987, leg. M.A. Ivie, at light (1 ex., MTEC); E. of Kavanayen, 5°37'53.8"N, 61°41'12.9"W, 1330 m, small stream, 1.viii.2008, leg. Short & García, AS-08-061 (6 exs., SEMC, MIZA); 1 km S. San Francisco, 5°2.623'N, 61°6.083'W, 885 m, morichal stream/marsh, leg. Short & García, AS-08-068 (1 ex., SEMC); Gran Sabana, Rio Aponwao at Highway 10, 5°50'49.2"N, 61°28'2.4"W, 1340 m, small vegetated pool, 31.vii.2008, leg. Short, AS-08-060a (1 ex., SEMC);

Distribution.

French Guiana, Venezuela ( Bolívar). New record for Venezuela.

Remarks.

This species was collected in small, open streams and at lights along the eastern edge of the Gran Sabana region in southern Venezuela.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Hydrophilidae

Genus

Berosus