Biology:Berosus aculeatus

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Short description: Species of beetle

Berosus aculeatus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Hydrophilidae
Genus: Berosus
Species:
B. aculeatus
Binomial name
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. 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". Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experimental Station Technical Bulletin 193 (5): 1–71. Archived from the original on September 9, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150909182146/http://www.mattpintar.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Testa-Lago-1994.pdf. 

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