Review of the Berosus Leach of Venezuela (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae, Berosini) with description of fourteen new species Author Oliva, Adriana Author Short, Andrew E. Z. text ZooKeys 2012 206 1 69 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 geayi d'Orchymont , 1937 Figs 12, 25 A-B Berosus (Berosus) geayi d'Orchymont , 1937: 471. Berosus geayi d'Orchymont : Oliva (1993 : 224). Material examined (105).VENEZUELA: Falcon State: Medanos de Coro, 11°26.215'N , 69°40.112'W , 8 m, pond in dunes, 9.vii.2010, leg. Short & Shepard, VZ10-0709-03Z (4 exs., SEMC); SE Tocopero, 10.vii.2009, leg. Short et al., muddy pool in roadside ditch, VZ09-0710-03C (96 exs., MIZA, MALUZ, NHW, NMPC, USNM, SEMC); same data but pond margin, VZ10-0710-03B (1 ex., SEMC); same data but muddy pool in roadside ditch, leg. Sites, VZ10-0710-03S/L-1067 (4 exs., SEMC). Figure 12. Berosus geayi . Dorsal and lateral habitus, abdomen, and aedeagus. Distribution. Brazil (Pernambuco), French Guiana, Paraguay, and Venezuela ( Falcon ). Remarks. This species is thus far known only from a few closely-situated localities near the Caribbean coast of Falcon State where it was found in ponds and a roadside ditch. Oliva (2007) records this species from northern Brazil, French Guiana and Paraguay (Central), always in small numbers, and suggests that this species might have a widespread South American distribution, like Berosus patruelis Berg. The findings from Venezuela suggest this is species associated with the Orinoco basin and the coastal plains between the latter and the mouth of the Amazonas, and that Paraguay may be the southern limit of its distribution