Berosus pantherinus
Appearance
Berosus pantherinus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Hydrophilidae |
Genus: | Berosus |
Species: | B. pantherinus
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Binomial name | |
Berosus pantherinus LeConte, 1855
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Berosus pantherinus is a species of hydrophilid beetle native to the United States. It was originally described by John Lawrence LeConte in 1855 and is characterized by having ten dark spots on each elytron.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^ LeConte, John Lawrence (1855). "Synopsis of the Hydrophilidae of the United States". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 7: 356–375.
- ^ 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.