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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles (Polyphaga) » Series Staphyliniformia » Water Scavenger and Clown Beetles (Hydrophiloidea) » Water Scavenger Beetles (Hydrophilidae) » Hydrophilinae » Berosini » Berosus » Berosus pantherinus

Species Berosus pantherinus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Internet References · Works Cited
Berosus - Berosus pantherinus Water Scavenger Beetle, with spots - Berosus pantherinus Water Scavenger Beetle, with spots - Berosus pantherinus Spotted water scavenger - Berosus pantherinus Spotted water scavenger - Berosus pantherinus Berosus pantherinus Berosus? - Berosus pantherinus Berosus pantherinus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga (Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf and Snout Beetles)
No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)
Superfamily Hydrophiloidea (Water Scavenger and Clown Beetles)
Family Hydrophilidae (Water Scavenger Beetles)
Subfamily Hydrophilinae
Tribe Berosini
Genus Berosus
Species pantherinus (Berosus pantherinus)
Explanation of Names
Berosus pantherinus LeConte 1855
Range
e. US (WV-FL to WI-TX) - Map (1)(2)(3)
Internet References
Type - MCZ, Harvard
Works Cited
1.World Catalogue of Insects, Vol. 2: Hydrophiloidea (Coleoptera).
Hansen, M. 1999. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark. 416 pp.
2. A distributional checklist of the beetles (Coleoptera) of Florida.
Peck & Thomas. 1998. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Gainesville. 180 pp.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Brad Barnd on 21 December, 2007 - 8:38pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 6 February, 2022 - 1:14pm

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