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Issue: Vol. 4700 No. 4: 26 Nov. 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-11-26
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4700.4.3
Page range: 445–463
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PDF downloaded: 8

On the genus Berosus Leach (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) in the State of Roraima, Brazil: description of three new species and new records

Divisão de Entomologia (DIENT), Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Av. André Araújo 2936, CEP 69067-375, Manaus, AM, Brazil
Divisão de Entomologia (DIENT), Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Av. André Araújo 2936, CEP 69067-375, Manaus, AM, Brazil
Laboratório de Sistemática e Bioecologia de Coleoptera (LSBC), Departamento de Zoologia (DZOO), Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Setor de Ciências Biológicas, Centro Politécnico, CEP 81531-980, P.O. Box 19020, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
Divisão de Entomologia (DIENT), Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA), Av. André Araújo 2936, CEP 69067-375, Manaus, AM, Brazil
Coleoptera Aquatic insects Hydrophilinae Berosini Taxonomy Brazilian Amazon Savanna Neotropical Region

Abstract

As a contribution to knowledge of the aquatic beetles of the Neotropical Region, the genus Berosus Leach is recorded for the first time from Roraima State in northern Brazil. Three new species are described and illustrated: Berosus illuviosus sp. n., B. parvus sp. n., and B. andreazzei sp. n. In addition, we present a checklist of the Berosus species collected in 26 ponds in the savanna area of the State of Roraima, with 12 new species records for the state, five of which are also new country records for Brazil.

 

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