Berosus ornaticollis

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

Familia: Hydrophilidae
Subfamilia: Hydrophilinae
Tribus: Berosini
Genus: Berosus
Species: Berosus ornaticollis

Name

Berosus ornaticollis Oliva & Short, 2012: figs. 16B, 17B, 27

Holotype: MIZA, ♂.

Type locality: VENEZUELA: Amazonas State/ 5°30.623'N, 67°36.109'W; 100 m/ ca. 15 km S. Puerto Ayacuho/ rock pools on top [of granite outcrop]; 14.ix.2007/ AS-07-011b; leg. A.E.Z. Short.

Etymology: The name alludes to the deeply sculptured, shining, brightly colored pronotum of this species.

Primary references

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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