Berosus elegans Knisch, 1921

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 : 23

Berosus elegans Knisch, 1921 Fig. 11

Berosus (Berosus) elegans Knisch, 1921: 8.

Berosus elegans Knisch: Oliva (1989: 167).

Material examined

(693).VENEZUELA: Bolívar State: Cuchivero, 30 km SE of Caicara, 4.viii.1987, leg. S. & J. Peck, woodland, UV light, SBP87-108 (1 ex., SEMC). Guárico State: 8 km N. Corozo Pando, 11.vi.1984, leg. F.W. Eiland (189 exs., USNM); same locality but 17-18.vi.1984, leg. F.W. Eiland & V. Linares, blacklight (25 exs., USNM); same locality but leg. F.W. Eiland & V. Linares, 20-21.vi.1984, blacklight (478 exs., USNM). Representative specimen will be deposited in MIZA, MALUZ, NHW, & NMPC.

Distribution.

Brazil (Mato Grosso), Venezuela ( Bolívar, Guárico).

Remarks.

It is interesting to note that while many hundreds of specimens were collected at one locality in the central Llanos region (most at lights), not one specimen was found from recent collecting efforts.