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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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BG2740 E7328 - Berosus
Copyright © 2010 Gayle and Jeanell Strickland

BG2740 E7328 - Berosus
Barney Farm, Hwy 103, 1.0 mi. NW Washington, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, USA
October 17, 2009
Size: body length 4.9 mm.
We believe this beetle is a Hydrophylid, possibly in the genus Berosus.
Placement would be appreciated.
Gayle

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Contributed by Gayle and Jeanell Strickland on 6 January, 2010 - 9:51am
Last updated 30 September, 2023 - 7:16pm

Moved
Moved from Berosus ordinatus.

species id not supported by photos
… Matthew Pintar, 30 September, 2023 - 7:16pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Berosus.
… Blaine Mathison, 7 January, 2010 - 5:43am login or register to post comments

I hate to bug you...
for more images, but do you have a shot of the elytra apices from behind? Or from slightly above? I have it narrowed down to B. ordinatus and B. striatus (leaning towards the former) but would like a better look at the elytral apices to be sure! Thanks!
… Blaine Mathison, 6 January, 2010 - 7:13pm login or register to post comments

 
I collected this one: [thumb
I collected this one:

in August and have been rearing it ever since. I'd like to get it identified to species. To that end, since I have access to it, I can plan to take whatever photographs would be informative for an ID. What would be the best things to photograph?
… Victor Engel, 21 January, 2021 - 10:17am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for your interest!
The uploaded image is the only one I had that might be of some value.
Unfortunately it is from above and slightly behind.
(Being "bugged" is the object of this game!)
Gayle
… Gayle and Jeanell Strickland, 7 January, 2010 - 1:33am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Beetles.
… Tim Loh, 6 January, 2010 - 12:03pm login or register to post comments

Correct.
Your genus ID is correct.
… Eric R. Eaton, 6 January, 2010 - 10:28am login or register to post comments

 
the species...
should be identifiable using "The Aquatic Hydrophilidae of Mississippi." I have this reference at home and can try and run it through the keys tonight, if no one gets to it first.
… Blaine Mathison, 6 January, 2010 - 2:11pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Blaine,
if critical details are missing, I have a number of other images that I can check.
Gayle
… Gayle and Jeanell Strickland, 6 January, 2010 - 2:42pm login or register to post comments

 
not sure yet...
but one thing that may be helpful (it often is when keying out Berosus spp.) is a close-up of the tip of the abdomen on the ventral side.
… Blaine Mathison, 6 January, 2010 - 2:53pm login or register to post comments

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