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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 » Berosus peregrinus

Species Berosus peregrinus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited

Berosus peregrinus (Herbst) - Berosus peregrinus

Hydrophylid - Berosus peregrinus - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Polyphaga

No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)

Superfamily Hydrophiloidea

Family Hydrophilidae (Water Scavenger Beetles)

Subfamily Hydrophilinae

Tribe Berosini

Genus Berosus

Species peregrinus (Berosus peregrinus)

Explanation of Names

Berosus peregrinus (Herbst 1797)

Size

3.5-4.9 mm(1)

Identification

diagnostic characters include combination of:

relative small size (4 mm measured here),

dark head,

5th (last) visible abdominal sternum with apical emargination with a single tooth/point and

aedeagus with the median lobe narrow and pointed at the apex.

Per Tim Loh, 20.viii.2012

Each elytron with at most 6-7 spots that may be weakly defined or partially coalesced; eyes smaller [than B. pantherinus], width about 1/3 interocular distance; scutellum brown [vs. metallic black](1)

Range

e. NA to Calif. (CA-FL-QC-WI) / Cuba - Map (2)(3)

See Also

The relatively faint 6-7 marks on each elytron and the smaller eyes will separate it from B. pantherinus with its 10-spotted elytron and larger eyes(1)

Internet References

Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas(4)

Works Cited

1.	The Water Beetles of Florida Epler J.H. 2010. Florida Department of Environmental Protection. Tallahassee. 414 pp.

2.	World Catalogue of Insects, Vol. 2: Hydrophiloidea (Coleoptera). Hansen, M. 1999. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark. 416 pp.

3.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

4.	Ziser S.W. (2008-2012) The aquatic invertebrates of Texas

Contributed by Brad Barnd on 23 July, 2011 - 2:10am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 15 September, 2022 - 11:15am

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