Biology:Berosus pugnax

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Short description: Species of beetle

Berosus pugnax
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Hydrophilidae
Genus: Berosus
Species:
B. pugnax
Binomial name
Berosus pugnax
(LeConte, 1863)

Berosus pugnax is a species of hydrophilid beetles native to the United States . It was originally described by John Lawrence LeConte in 1863 and is characterized by having emarginate apices on its elytra.[1][2]

References

  1. LeConte, John Lawrence (1863). "New species of North American Coleoptera". Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 7 (167): 61. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.17758. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/itempdf/57154. 
  2. 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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