Berosus brevibasis Oliva, 1989

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 : 13-15

Berosus brevibasis Oliva, 1989 Figs 2C, 4A

Berosus brevibasis Oliva, 1989: 165.

Material examined

(28).VENEZUELA:Apure State: ca. 6 km S. Rio Cinaruco, 6°30.900'N, 67°32.604'W, 68 m, morichal and marsh, 8.i.2006, leg. Short, AS-06-019 (5 exs., SEMC, MIZA), same locality but 17.i.2009, leg. Short, Miller, & C amacho, VZ09-0117-01X (1 ex., SEMC). Bolívar State: Los Pijiguaos, 6°35.617'N, 66°49.238'W, 80 m, rock outcrop/morichal, algal margin of morichal, leg. Short, García, Camacho, Miller, & Joly, VZ09-0112-01B (1 ex., SEMC); same locality but 15.ix.2007, leg. Short, HG-vapor light, AS-07-014 (1 ex., SEMC). Guárico State: 15 km S. Calabozo, 9-13.ii.1969, Lago de los Patos, leg. P. & P. Spangler (18 exs., USNM, SEMC); Corozo Pando, 12.ii.1969, leg. P. & P. Spangler (1 ex., USNM); UCV San Nicolasito Field Station, Rio Aguaro, 8°6.226'N, 66°26.228'W, 52 m, 10.i.2009, leg. Short, Miller, Joly, García, & Camacho, VZ09-0110-01A (1 ex., SEMC).

Distribution.

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

Remarks. While Brazilian specimens were collected from gallery forest, the Venezuelan specimens were taken along morichals (rivers) and marshes in the Llanos and at a morichal along the northern edge of the Guiana Shield