Berosus ebeninus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Hydrophiloidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Staphyliniformia Superfamilia: Hydrophiloidea

Holotype: MIZA, ♂.

Type locality: VENEZUELA: Bolivar State/ 5°34'29.8"N, 61°18'43.4"W, 1100 m, nr. Rio Sakaika; 2.viii.2008/ leg. A. Short & M. Garcia/ AS-08-067.

Etymology: The name derives from the Latin word ebenus –i, meaning “ebony”, and it alludes to the blackish dorsal coloring of this species.

Oliva, A.; Short, A.E.Z. 2012: Review of the Berosus Leach of Venezuela (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae, Berosini) with description of fourteen new species. ZooKeys 206: 1–69. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.206.2587 . Reference page.

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