Berosus is a genus of beetles in the family Hydrophilidae, the water scavenger beetles. The genus contains 273 species. It is distributed worldwide.Oliva, A., & Short, A. E. (2012). Review of the Berosus Leach of Venezuela (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae, Berosini) with description of fourteen new species. ZooKeys, (206), 1-69.

Beetles of this genus are aquatic, with most living in ponds and other marshy habitat types.

Diversity Species include: Berosus aculeatus LeConte, 1855 Berosus affinis Brullé, 1835 Berosus apure Oliva, 2002 Berosus arnetti Van Tassell, 1990 Berosus atlanticus Queney, 2007 Berosus blechrus Leech, 1948 Berosus chevrolati Zaitzev, 1908 Berosus corrini Wooldridge, 1964 Berosus degallieri Queney, 2010 Berosus duquefi Queney, 2006 Berosus dolerosus Leech, 1948 Berosus exiguus Say, 1825 Berosus fischeri Schödl, 1993 Berosus fraternus LeConte, 1855 Berosus guyanensis Queney, 2006 Berosus hatchi Miller, 1965 Berosus hoplites Sharp, 1887 Berosus infuscatus LeConte, 1855 Berosus ingeminatus Orchymont, 1946 Berosus interstitialis Knisch, 1924 Berosus maculosus Mannerheim, 1853 Berosus metalliceps Sharp, 1882 Berosus miles LeConte, 1855 Berosus moerens Sharp, 1882 Berosus nigricollis Hebauer, 2006 Berosus notopeltatus Van Tassell, 1963 Berosus olivae Queney, 2006 Berosus ordinatus LeConte, 1855 Berosus oregonensis Miller, 1965 Berosus pantherinus LeConte, 1855 Berosus peregrinus Herbst, 1797 Berosus pugnax LeConte, 1863 Berosus punctatissimus LeConte, 1855 Berosus quadridens Chevrolat, 1863 Berosus rugulosus Horn, 1873 Berosus salvini Sharp, 1882 Berosus sayi Hansen, 1999 Berosus spiniger Queney, 2010 Berosus stylifer Horn, 1873 Berosus trilobus Chevrolat, 1863 Berosus truncatipennis Castelnau, 1840 Berosus tayouanus Ueng, Wang & Wang, 2007 Berosus undatus Fabricius, 1792 Berosus youngi Wooldridge, 1964 Additional Australian species:

Berosus arcus Berosus juxtadiscolor Berosus macropunctatus Berosus niger Berosus quadrapunctatus Berosus ralphi Berosus reardoni Berosus sarahae Berosus timmsi Berosus trishae Berosus wadeae Berosus amoenus Berosus aquilo Berosus dallasae Berosus gibbae Berosus josephenae Berosus nicholasi Berosus sadieae Berosus sonjae erosus veronicae Berosus vijae

References

External links Berosus on Encyclopedia of Life