Berosus is a genus of beetles in the family Hydrophilidae, the water scavenger beetles. The genus contains 273 species. It is distributed worldwide.
Beetles of this genus are aquatic, with most living in ponds and other marshy habitat types.
Diversity
Species include:
- Berosus aculeatus <small>LeConte, 1855</small>
- Berosus affinis <small>Brullé, 1835</small>
- Berosus apure <small>Oliva, 2002</small>
- Berosus arnetti <small>Van Tassell, 1990</small>
- Berosus atlanticus <small>Queney, 2007</small>
- Berosus blechrus <small>Leech, 1948</small>
- Berosus chevrolati <small>Zaitzev, 1908</small>
- Berosus corrini <small>Wooldridge, 1964</small>
- Berosus degallieri <small>Queney, 2010</small>
- Berosus duquefi <small>Queney, 2006</small>
- Berosus dolerosus <small>Leech, 1948</small>
- Berosus exiguus <small>Say, 1825</small>
- Berosus fischeri <small>Schödl, 1993</small>
- Berosus fraternus <small>LeConte, 1855</small>
- Berosus guyanensis <small>Queney, 2006</small>
- Berosus hatchi <small>Miller, 1965</small>
- Berosus hoplites <small>Sharp, 1887</small>
- Berosus infuscatus <small>LeConte, 1855</small>
- Berosus ingeminatus <small>Orchymont, 1946</small>
- Berosus interstitialis <small>Knisch, 1924</small>
- Berosus maculosus <small>Mannerheim, 1853</small>
- Berosus metalliceps <small>Sharp, 1882</small>
- Berosus miles <small>LeConte, 1855</small>
- Berosus moerens <small>Sharp, 1882</small>
- Berosus nigricollis <small>Hebauer, 2006</small>
- Berosus notopeltatus <small>Van Tassell, 1963</small>
- Berosus olivae <small>Queney, 2006</small>
- Berosus ordinatus <small>LeConte, 1855</small>
- Berosus oregonensis <small>Miller, 1965</small>
- Berosus pantherinus <small>LeConte, 1855</small>
- Berosus peregrinus <small>Herbst, 1797</small>
- Berosus pugnax <small>LeConte, 1863</small>
- Berosus punctatissimus <small>LeConte, 1855</small>
- Berosus quadridens <small>Chevrolat, 1863</small>
- Berosus rugulosus <small>Horn, 1873</small>
- Berosus salvini <small>Sharp, 1882</small>
- Berosus sayi <small>Hansen, 1999</small>
- Berosus spiniger <small>Queney, 2010</small>
- Berosus stylifer <small>Horn, 1873</small>
- Berosus trilobus <small>Chevrolat, 1863</small>
- Berosus truncatipennis <small>Castelnau, 1840</small>
- Berosus tayouanus <small>Ueng, Wang & Wang, 2007</small>
- Berosus undatus <small>Fabricius, 1792</small>
- Berosus youngi <small>Wooldridge, 1964</small>
Additional Australian species:
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