Subgenus Berosus (Berosus) Leach, 1817

Museums

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• Berosus Leach, W.E. 1817. On the distinguishing characters of two families of coleopterous insects named Hydrophilii by Latreille, with a synopsis of the genera composing them. pp. 90-94 in Leach, W.E. (ed.). The Zoological Miscellany; being descriptions of new or interesting animals. London : R.P. Nodder Vol. 3 v 151 pp. pls 121-150. [92].

  Type species:

   Dytiscus luridus Linnaeus, 1761 by monotypy.
• Paraberosus Kuwert, A. 1890. Bestimmungs-Tabellen der europäischen Coleopteren. XIX. Heft. Hydrophilidae. I. Abteilung: Hydrophilini. Verhandlungen des Naturforschenden Vereines in Brünn 28: 1-121 [113].

  Type species:

   Paraberosus nigriceps Kuwert, 1890 (=Hydrophilus nigriceps Fabricius, 1801) by subsequent designation, see Hansen, M. 1991. The Hydrophiloid beetles. Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes. Selskabs Skrifter. Kjøbenhavn 40: 1-367 [287] (junior secondary homonym of Hydrophilus nigriceps Fabricius, 1801).
• Euberosus Acloque, A. 1896. Faune de France. Coléoptères. Paris : J.B. Ballière et Fils 466 pp. [94].

  Type species:

   Dytiscus luridus Linnaeus, 1761 by subsequent designation, see Hansen, M. 1991. The Hydrophiloid beetles. Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes. Selskabs Skrifter. Kjøbenhavn 40: 1-367 [287] (junior objective synonym of Berosus Leach, 1817).
• Hygrotrophus Macleay, W.J. 1871. Notes on a collection of insects from Gayndah. Transactions of the Entomological Society of New South Wales 2: 79-205 [131].

  Type species:

   Hygrotrophus nutans Macleay, 1871 by subsequent designation, see Orchymont, A. d' 1943. Notes sur la tribu Berosini Bedel (Coleoptera Palpicornia Hydrophilidae). Bulletin du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle du Belgique 19(42): 1-12 [3].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Hansen, M. 1999. Hydrophiloidea (s.str.) (Coleoptera). pp. 1-416 in Hansen, M. (ed.). World Catalogue of Insects. Stenstrup : Apollo Books Vol. 2 416 pp. [82]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

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