Berosus ruffinus d'Orchymont , 1946

Oliva, Adriana & Short, Andrew E. Z., 2012, Review of the Berosus Leach of Venezuela (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae, Berosini) with description of fourteen new species, ZooKeys 206, pp. 1-69 : 43

Berosus ruffinus d'Orchymont, 1946 Figs 3B, 24, 29

Berosus ruffinus d’Orchymont, 1946: 1.

Berosus ruffinus d’Orchymont: Oliva (1989: 173).

Material examined

(24):VENEZUELA:Amazonas State: nr. Campamento Canturama, 5°30.311'N, 67°36.921'W, Orinoco flood plain pools, 14.i.2009, leg. Short, Camacho, Miller, García & Joly, VZ09-0114-02A (24 exs., MIZA, MALUZ, SEMC, NHW, NMPC, USNM).

Distribution.

Bolivia, Brazil (Amazonas) and Venezuela (Amazonas).

Remarks.

A single series of this species was collected in a rainwater pool formed in exposed rocks in the Orinoco floodplain (Fig. 29). It was taken together with hundreds of specimens of Berosus garciai sp. n. Berosus ruffinus was previously recorded from Venezuela, also along the Orinoco slightly further downriver ( Oliva 1993).