Berosus corrini is a species of hydrophilid beetles native to the United States. It was originally described by David P. Wooldridge in 1964 and is characterized by the lack of striae on its elytra, larger size, two projections on its sternal emargination, and laterally-projecting dorsal edges on the parameres.[1][2]
Berosus corrini | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Hydrophilidae |
Genus: | Berosus |
Species: | B. corrini
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Binomial name | |
Berosus corrini Wooldridge, 1964
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References
edit- ^ Wooldridge, David P. (1964). "Two new species of Berosus from the southeastern United States (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 18 (4): 97–100.
- ^ Testa III, Sam; Lago, Paul K. (1994). "The Aquatic Hydrophilidae (Coleoptera) of Mississippi" (PDF). Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experimental Station Technical Bulletin. 193 (5): 1–71. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 9, 2015.