Review of the Berosus Leach of Venezuela (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae, Berosini) with description of fourteen new species
Author
Oliva, Adriana
Author
Short, Andrew E. Z.
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ZooKeys
2012
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.206.2587
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.206.2587
1313-2970-206-1
Berosus guyanensis Queney, 2006
Fig. 13
Berosus guyanensis
Queney, 2006: 206.
Material examined
(9):VENEZUELA:
Bolivar
State: Chivaton Hotel, on rd. to Kavanayen, 1370 m, 28.vi.1987, leg. M.A. Ivie, at light (1 ex., MTEC); E. of Kavanayen,
5°37'53.8"N
,
61°41'12.9"W
, 1330 m, small stream, 1.viii.2008, leg. Short &
Garcia
, AS-08-061 (6 exs., SEMC, MIZA); 1 km S. San Francisco,
5°2.623'N
,
61°6.083'W
, 885 m, morichal stream/marsh, leg. Short &
Garcia
, AS-08-068 (1 ex., SEMC); Gran Sabana, Rio Aponwao at Highway 10,
5°50'49.2"N
,
61°28'2.4"W
, 1340 m, small vegetated pool, 31.vii.2008, leg. Short, AS-08-060a (1 ex., SEMC);
Figure 13.
Berosus guyanensis
Queney. Dorsal and lateral habitus, abdomen, and aedeagus.
Distribution.
French Guiana, Venezuela (
Bolivar
). New record for Venezuela.
Remarks.
This species was collected in small, open streams and at lights along the eastern edge of the Gran Sabana region in southern Venezuela.