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Berosus pugnax

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Berosus pugnax
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Hydrophilidae
Genus: Berosus
Species:
B. pugnax
Binomial name
Berosus pugnax
(LeConte, 1863)

Berosus pugnax is a species of hydrophilid beetles native to the United States. It was originally described by John Lawrence LeConte in 1863 and is characterized by having emarginate apices on its elytra.[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ LeConte, John Lawrence (1863). "New species of North American Coleoptera". Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 7 (167): 61. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.17758.
  2. ^ 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.