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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Hydrophiloidea » Water Scavenger Beetles (Hydrophilidae) » Hydrophilinae » Berosini » Berosus
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water scavenger beetle - Berosus
Copyright © 2015 Joyce Gross

water scavenger beetle - Berosus
San Leandro, Alameda County, California, USA
April 30, 2015
Size: ~4mm
Came to UV light in my back yard on a warm night. Berosus?

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Contributed by Joyce Gross on 3 May, 2015 - 1:52am
Last updated 3 May, 2015 - 6:37am

Moved
Even with your exceptional photography Joyce, you will prob still need a shot of the underside (specifically the terminal segments of the abddomen) and the elytral apices to get a species-level name. Unless Brady or someone has a keen understanding of the local fauna.

Moved from Water Scavenger Beetles.
… Blaine Mathison, 3 May, 2015 - 6:37am login or register to post comments

 
underside
Thanks Blaine. Unfortunately I accidentally tossed this beetle -- by mistake. Hopefully I'll find another one some day. It's good to have a genus at least.
… Joyce Gross, 3 May, 2015 - 8:08pm login or register to post comments

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