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<taxonomicName LSID="http://species-id.net/wiki/Berosus_interstitialis" authority="Knisch, 1924" authorityName="Knisch" authorityYear="1924" class="Insecta" family="Hydrophilidae" genus="Berosus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Berosus interstitialis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="81" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="interstitialis">Berosus interstitialis Knisch, 1924</taxonomicName>
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Figures 4
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Fletiaux &
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, 1889: 337 (secondary homonym of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Hydrophilidae" genus="Enoplurus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Enoplurus tessellatus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="81" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tessellatus">Enoplurus tessellatus</taxonomicName>
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Motschulsky, 1859).
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<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="81">
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Hydrophilidae" genus="Berosus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Berosus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="81" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Berosus</taxonomicName>
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(s.str.) interstitialis Knisch, 1924: 270. -
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<bibRefCitation author="Van Tassell, ER" journalOrPublisher="Unpublished Ph. D. dissertation, The Catholic University of America, Washington D. C." pageId="29" pageNumber="102" title="Taxonomy and biology of the subfamily Berosinae of North and Central America and the West Indies (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)." year="1966">Van Tassell 1966</bibRefCitation>
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: 191 (unpublished PhD thesis: redescription, identification key). -
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<bibRefCitation pageId="8" pageNumber="81">Epler 2010</bibRefCitation>
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: 12.24 (taxonomic notes).
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<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="81">
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Hydrophilidae" genus="Berosus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Berosus stribalus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="81" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="stribalus">Berosus stribalus</taxonomicName>
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Orchymont, 1946: 13. Syn. n. -
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<bibRefCitation author="Spangler, PJ" journalOrPublisher="Resultats des Expeditions Biospeologiques Cubano-Roumaine a Cuba" pageId="29" pageNumber="102" pagination="145 - 171" volume="3" year="1981">Spangler 1981</bibRefCitation>
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: 156 (taxonomic and distribution notes). -
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<bibRefCitation author="Fernandez, IG" journalOrPublisher="Poeyana" pageId="28" pageNumber="101" pagination="27 - 30" title="Coleopteros de las superfamilias Hydrophiloidea e Histeroidea (Coleoptera: Staphyliniformia) depositados en el Instituto de Ecologia y Sistematica, La Habana, Cuba." volume="498" year="2010">
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Fernández">Fernandez</normalizedToken>
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et al. 2010
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: 28 (checklist).
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<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="81">Type locality.</paragraph>
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Guadeloupe, Grande Terre and
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.
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<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="81">Type material examined.</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Hydrophilidae" genus="Berosus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Berosus tessellatus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="81" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tessellatus">Berosus tessellatus</taxonomicName>
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:Not examined. Type specimens were not found on our request for loan in MNHN. Instead, we examined the specimens identified as
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Hydrophilidae" genus="Berosus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Berosus tessellatus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="81" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tessellatus">Berosus tessellatus</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Hydrophilidae" genus="Berosus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Berosus interstitialis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="81" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="interstitialis">Berosus interstitialis</taxonomicName>
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deposited in coll.
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and coll. Knisch in IRSNB (see below).
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Hydrophilidae" genus="Berosus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Berosus stribalus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="8" pageNumber="81" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="stribalus">Berosus stribalus</taxonomicName>
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: Holotype: male (IRSNB): "[male sign] / Cuba 10. K / S. of Pinar Rio / Sep. 12-23 '13 // A.
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det. / Berosus (s.str.) / stribalus m. // Type". Paratype: 1 spec. (IRSNB): "St. / Domin- / go // Berosus / striatus / Say // coll. Orch. // A.
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<normalizedToken originalValue="d’Orchymont">d'Orchymont</normalizedToken>
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det. / Berosus (s.str.) / stribalus m. // Para- / type".
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<paragraph pageId="8" pageNumber="81">Additional material examined.</paragraph>
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CUBA: Isla de la Juventud: 4 exs. (dry-mounted) (CZACC): vii.1960 [no locality and collector indicated]; 8 exs. (in alcohol) (BSC-E):
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<pageBreakToken pageId="9" pageNumber="82" start="start">Punta</pageBreakToken>
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del Este, laguna temporal [temporal pool],
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<geoCoordinate direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="15" value="21.561943">21°33'43"N</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="15" value="-82.555">82°33'18"W</geoCoordinate>
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, 1 m a.s.l., 21.v.2006, leg. Y. S. Megna, 00180; 8 exs. (in alcohol) (BSC-E): Laguna
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<geoCoordinate direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="15" value="21.561943">21°33'43"N</geoCoordinate>
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, 3 m a.s.l., 23.v.2006, leg. Y. S. Megna, 00178. Pinar del
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: 57 exs. (dry-mounted) (CZACC): Lomas de Soroa, v/vi.1963, [no collector indicated]; 1 ex. (in alcohol) (BSC-E):
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Viñales">Vinales</normalizedToken>
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, arroyo [stream],
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<geoCoordinate direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="22.560097">22°33'36.35"N</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="15" value="-83.83305">83°49'59"W</geoCoordinate>
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, 170 m a.s.l., 18.iv.2012, leg. A.
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Deler-Hernández">Deler-Hernandez</normalizedToken>
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, 00146. Artemisa:8 exs. (dry-mounted) (CZACC): Laguna Ariguanabo, vi.1963, [no collector indicated]. Mayabeque:1 ex. (dry-mounted) (CZACC): Jibacoa, littoral on north coast, v.1962, [no collector indicated]. Matanzas:1 ex. (dry-mounted) (CZACC): Playa Larga, iv.1965, [no collector indicated]; 1 ex. (dry-mounted) (CZACC): Bacunayagua, vi.1940 [no collector indicated].
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Camagüey">Camagueey</normalizedToken>
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:1 ex. (in alcohol) (BSC-E): Sierra de Cubitas,
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Río">Rio</normalizedToken>
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El Roble,
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<geoCoordinate direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="21.548119">21°32'53.23"N</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="-77.77842">77°46'42.31"W</geoCoordinate>
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, 55 m a.s.l., 14.iv.2012, leg. A.
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Deler-Hernández">Deler-Hernandez</normalizedToken>
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, 00148. Las Tunas:1 ex. (in alcohol) (BSC-E): Amancio, Comunales, laguna permanente [permanent pool],
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<geoCoordinate direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="15" value="20.833055">20°49'59"N</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="15" value="-77.54222">77°32'32"W</geoCoordinate>
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, 34 m a.s.l., 04.x.2008, leg. Y. S. Megna, 00179; 1 ex. (in alcohol) (BSC-E): La
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, laguna temporal [temporal pool],
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<geoCoordinate direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="20.821585">20°49'17.7"N</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="-77.577995">77°34'40.8"W</geoCoordinate>
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, 50 m a.s.l., 18.xii.2008, leg. Y. S. Megna, 00147. Granma: 2 exs. (in alcohol) (BSC-E): Cauto Cristo, laguna permanente [permanent pool],
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<geoCoordinate direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="20.559195">20°33'33.1"N</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="15" value="-76.47889">76°28'44"W</geoCoordinate>
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, 44 m a.s.l., 04.i.2005, leg. L.
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Chávez">Chavez</normalizedToken>
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, 00150; 1 ex. (dry-mounted) (NMPC): Cauto Cristo, permanent lagoon
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<geoCoordinate direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="20.559195">20°33'33.1"N</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="15" value="-76.47889">76°28'44"W</geoCoordinate>
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, 44 m a.s.l., 04.i.2005, leg. L.
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. Santiago de Cuba:1 ex. (in alcohol) (BSC-E):
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, La Mula, laguna permanente [permanent pool],
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<geoCoordinate direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="1" value="-76.768005">76°46'4.8"W</geoCoordinate>
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, 4 m a.s.l., 20.vi.2008, leg. A.
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Deler-Hernández">Deler-Hernandez</normalizedToken>
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:1 ex. (dry-mounted) (CZCTR):
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Guantánamo">Guantanamo</normalizedToken>
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, San Carlos [at light],
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<geoCoordinate direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="15" value="20.439444">20°26'22"N</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="15" value="-74.70861">74°42'31"W</geoCoordinate>
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, 160 m a.s.l., 18.vii.1915, leg. C. T. Ramsden; 1 ex. (dry-mounted) (CZCTR): San Carlos [at light],
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<geoCoordinate direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="15" value="20.439444">20°26'22"N</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="15" value="-74.70861">74°42'31"W</geoCoordinate>
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, 160 m a.s.l., 24.viii.1917, leg. C. T. Ramsden; 1 ex. (in alcohol) (BSC-E): San Antonio del Sur, Macambo,
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Macambo,
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<geoCoordinate direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="20.057472">20°03'26.9"N</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="15" value="-74.737495">74°44'15"W</geoCoordinate>
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, 4 m a.s.l., 24.x.2008, leg. A.
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Deler-Hernández">Deler-Hernandez</normalizedToken>
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; 1 ex. (in alcohol) (BSC-E): Baracoa,
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, laguna temporal [temporal pool],
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<geoCoordinate direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="1" value="20.502388">20°30'8.6"N</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="15" value="-74.657776">74°38'88"W</geoCoordinate>
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, 8 m a.s.l., 03.ii.2010, leg. A.
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, 00149. 1 ex. (dry-mounted) (IRSNB): [without precise locality]:"Cuba / Gundlach // 1541 / 977 //
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det. / interstitialis". GUADELOUPE: 1 ex. (dry-mounted) (IRSNB): "Guadeloupe / coll. A.
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det." [based on attached note,
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compared this specimen with one of the types of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Hydrophilidae" genus="Berosus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Berosus tessellatus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="82" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tessellatus">Berosus tessellatus</taxonomicName>
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from the collection of Fleutiaux which is currently lost and not available for reexamination; the specimen is a male, but has the abdomen destroyed by a dermestid larva]; 1 ex. (dry-mounted) (IRSNB): Trois
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, leg. Dufau. PUERTO RICO: 1 ex. (dry-mounted) (IRSNB): [without detailed locality data], leg. Moritz. VIRGIN ISLANDS: 2 exs. (dry-mounted) (IRSNB): Saint Thomas, leg. C. Felsche.
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Published Cuban records:Pinar del
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: Entronque de Manuel Sanguili (
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). Isla de la Juventud: Laguna Base Julio Antonio Mella (
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<bibRefCitation author="Spangler, PJ" journalOrPublisher="Resultats des Expeditions Biospeologiques Cubano-Roumaine a Cuba" pageId="29" pageNumber="102" pagination="145 - 171" volume="3" year="1981">Spangler 1981</bibRefCitation>
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).
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: Gibara, Arroyo Landivar at Finca
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(
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). Santiago de Cuba:
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(
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Figure 4.
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Knisch, 1924. a-b habitus of the holotype of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Hydrophilidae" genus="Berosus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Berosus stribalus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="82" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="stribalus">Berosus stribalus</taxonomicName>
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Orchymont, 1946 (a dorsal view b lateral view) c mesoventral process in lateral view
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<normalizedToken originalValue="d–f">d-f</normalizedToken>
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aedeagus (d dorsal view e lateral view f ventral view) g abdominal ventrite 5.
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection lastPageId="11" lastPageNumber="84" pageId="9" pageNumber="82" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph pageId="9" pageNumber="82">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<paragraph lastPageId="11" lastPageNumber="84" pageId="9" pageNumber="82">
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Habitus as in Figs 4a, b. Body length 5.0-5.3 mm. Head uniformly dark, metallic green; pronotum pale with a pair of closely aggregated longitudinal nar
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<pageBreakToken pageId="10" pageNumber="83" start="start">row</pageBreakToken>
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dark spots mesally; elytra pale with darkened punctation and with dark spots in anterior and posterior third of intervals 1 and 2, in humeral area and at midlength of intervals 7-9, plus with variable number of spots on remaining intervals. Elytral apices entire in both sexes. Mesoventral process laminar, with small anterior tooth projecting
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<pageBreakToken pageId="11" pageNumber="84" start="start">ventrad</pageBreakToken>
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, nearly straight middle portion and rounded posterior part (Fig. 4c). Abdominal ventrite 1 with median keel developed only between metacoxae. Emargination of ventrite 5 deep, subrectangular, with two slender medial teeth (Fig. 4g), not showing sexual dimorphism. Aedeagus (Figs 4
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<normalizedToken originalValue="d–f">d-f</normalizedToken>
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) strongly compressed from sides; parameres ca. 2
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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as long as phallobase, wide throughout in lateral view except for tooth-like apex; bases of the parameres in dorsal view with characteristic basal teeth.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="11" pageNumber="84" type="taxonomic note">
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<paragraph pageId="11" pageNumber="84">Taxonomic note.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="11" pageNumber="84">
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The synonymy of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Hydrophilidae" genus="Berosus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Berosus stribalus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="84" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="stribalus">Berosus stribalus</taxonomicName>
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with
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Hydrophilidae" genus="Berosus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Berosus interstitialis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="84" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="interstitialis">Berosus interstitialis</taxonomicName>
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was first proposed in an unpublished thesis by
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<bibRefCitation author="Van Tassell, ER" journalOrPublisher="Unpublished Ph. D. dissertation, The Catholic University of America, Washington D. C." pageId="29" pageNumber="102" title="Taxonomy and biology of the subfamily Berosinae of North and Central America and the West Indies (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)." year="1966">Van Tassell (1966</bibRefCitation>
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: 302). The reasons for the synonymy were not explained, and Cuba (i.e. type locality of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Hydrophilidae" genus="Berosus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Berosus stribalus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="84" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="stribalus">Berosus stribalus</taxonomicName>
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) was not even mentioned in the distribution of
|
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Hydrophilidae" genus="Berosus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Berosus interstitialis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="84" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="interstitialis">Berosus interstitialis</taxonomicName>
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in the taxonomic part of the thesis. We were not able to examine the types of
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Hydrophilidae" genus="Berosus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Berosus tessellatus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="84" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tessellatus">Berosus tessellatus</taxonomicName>
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from the collection of Fleutiaux in MNHN as the specimens were not found. We therefore examined the specimens identified as
|
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Hydrophilidae" genus="Berosus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Berosus tessellatus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="84" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tessellatus">Berosus tessellatus</taxonomicName>
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and
|
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Hydrophilidae" genus="Berosus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Berosus interstitialis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="84" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="interstitialis">Berosus interstitialis</taxonomicName>
|
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deposited in IRSNB, including one male from Guadeloupe (type locality of
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Hydrophilidae" genus="Berosus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Berosus tessellatus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="84" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tessellatus">Berosus tessellatus</taxonomicName>
|
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) bearing the note that it was compared with the types of
|
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<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Hydrophilidae" genus="Berosus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Berosus tessellatus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="84" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tessellatus">Berosus tessellatus</taxonomicName>
|
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by A.
|
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<normalizedToken originalValue="d’Orchymont">d'Orchymont</normalizedToken>
|
||
. Comparison of these specimens with the types of
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Hydrophilidae" genus="Berosus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Berosus stribalus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="84" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="stribalus">Berosus stribalus</taxonomicName>
|
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and with newly collected Cuban specimens revealed that they all specimens agree in the diagnostic characters mentioned above, including the characteristic shape of the aedeagus and a characteristic tooth on the base of each paramere. We may therefore confirm the unpublished synonymy proposed by
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Van Tassell, ER" journalOrPublisher="Unpublished Ph. D. dissertation, The Catholic University of America, Washington D. C." pageId="29" pageNumber="102" title="Taxonomy and biology of the subfamily Berosinae of North and Central America and the West Indies (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)." year="1966">Van Tassell (1966)</bibRefCitation>
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||
and consider
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Hydrophilidae" genus="Berosus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Berosus stribalus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="84" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="stribalus">Berosus stribalus</taxonomicName>
|
||
as a junior subjective synonym of
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Hydrophilidae" genus="Berosus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Berosus interstitialis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="84" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="interstitialis">Berosus interstitialis</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="11" pageNumber="84" type="habitat">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="11" pageNumber="84">Habitat.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="11" pageNumber="84">Cuban specimens were collected mainly in standing waters as well as in isolated pools along streams and rivers in the lowlands. The localities are usually exposed to sun and have turbid water, muddy bottom, submerged vegetation and are rich in organic matter.</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="11" pageNumber="84" type="distribution">
|
||
<paragraph pageId="11" pageNumber="84">Distribution.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph pageId="11" pageNumber="84">
|
||
Widely distributed Caribbean species, so far recorded from the Bahamas, Haiti Guadeloupe, Virgin Islands Puerto Rico and Cuba (
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Van Tassell, ER" journalOrPublisher="Unpublished Ph. D. dissertation, The Catholic University of America, Washington D. C." pageId="29" pageNumber="102" title="Taxonomy and biology of the subfamily Berosinae of North and Central America and the West Indies (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)." year="1966">Van Tassell 1966</bibRefCitation>
|
||
,
|
||
<bibRefCitation author="Orchymont, Ad'" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin du Musee Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique" pageId="29" pageNumber="102" pagination="1 - 20" title="Notes on some American Berosus (s. str.) (Coleoptera-Palpicornia-Hydrophilidae)." volume="22" year="1946">Orchymont 1946</bibRefCitation>
|
||
,
|
||
<bibRefCitation pageId="11" pageNumber="84">Epler 2010</bibRefCitation>
|
||
, this paper). The species is here recorded for the first time from Cuba, due to the synonymy of
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Hydrophilidae" genus="Berosus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Berosus stribalus" order="Coleoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="84" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="stribalus">Berosus stribalus</taxonomicName>
|
||
with
|
||
<taxonomicName class="Insecta" family="Hydrophilidae" genus="Berosus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Berosus interstitialis" order="Coleoptera" pageId="11" pageNumber="84" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="interstitialis">Berosus interstitialis</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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