A review of the New Zealand Berosus (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) with descriptions of three new species
Author
Seidel, Matthias
Centrum für Naturkunde, Universität Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King Platz
Author
Sýkora, Vít
Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Viničná
Author
Leschen, Richard A. B.
Hamburg, Germany; e-mail: matthias. seidel @ uni-hamburg. de
Author
Fikáček, Martin
Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Viničná & Department of Biological Sciences, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan; e-mail: mfikacek @ gmail. com & Department of Entomology, National Museum, Cirkusová 1740, Prague
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Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae
2021
Acta. Ent. Mus. Natl. Pragae
2021-07-03
61
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243
252
http://dx.doi.org/10.37520/aemnp.2021.014
journal article
10.37520/aemnp.2021.014
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Key to adults of the
New Zealand
species of
Berosus
See also
Table 1
for the summary of diagnostic characters and their comparison among species.
1 Pronotum with large rectangular dark spot covering nearly whole surface, basal half of femora black, elytral apices simple and closing tightly, small species (
3.5–4.8 mm
). ................................................................ 2
– Pronotum with large rectangular dark spot narrowing anteriorly, basal half of femora yellow, elytral apices expanded and leaving a gap, large species (4.4–6.0 mm). ................................................................................ 3
2 Aedeagus small, with straight parameres in lateral view, median lobe wide and nearly reaching parameral apices. Female with apical abdominal emargination rectangular. ............
B. pallidipennis
(
Sharp, 1884
)
– Aedeagus medium-sized, with slightly bent parameres in lateral view, median lobe narrow and much shorter than parameres. Female with apical abdominal emargination semicircular. .......................
B. maru
sp. nov.
3 Aedeagus medium-sized, with strongly bent parameres in lateral view, median lobe narrow and much shorter than parameres. Female with apical abdominal emargination semicircular. .......
B. halasi
sp. nov.
– Aedeagus large, with straight parameres in lateral view, median lobe narrow and much shorter than parameres. Female with apical abdominal emargination rectangular. ............................
B. muellerorum
sp. nov.