Berosus pulchellus MacLeay, 1825

Hendrich, Lars & Balke, Michael, 2004, Aquatic Coleoptera Of Singapore: Species Richness, Ecology And Conservation #, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 52 (1), pp. 97-145 : 124

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scientific name	Berosus pulchellus MacLeay, 1825
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Berosus pulchellus MacLeay, 1825 View in CoL

Berosus pulchellus MacLeay, 1825: 35 View in CoL . Berosus pubescens Mulsant & Rey, 1859: 61 View in CoL . Berosus decrescens Walker, 1859: 258 View in CoL . Berosus vestitus Sharp, 1884: 456 View in CoL . Berosus pulchellus MacLeay View in CoL - Knisch, 1924b: 273; Yano et al.,

1983a: 19; Schödl, 1993: 215; Hansen, 1999: 92, and references therein. Berosus sp. : Yang, 1991: 95.

Material examined. – 14 specimens – Central catchment area - 7 ex., Nee Soon Swamp Forest , 23 Nov.1990, coll. H. K. Lua ( ZRC) ; 1 ex., Nee Soon Swamp Forest , y 794 D, coll. K. L. Yeo ( ZRC) . Sungai Buloh – 5 ex., 18 Nov.1990, coll. H. K. Lua ( ZRC) ; 1 ex., 19 Dec.1990, coll. K. L. Yeo ( ZRC) .

Distribution. – Southern Iran, Nepal, Oriental Region, Northern Australia and Japan ( Schödl, 1993; Hansen, 1999). Singapore!

Ecology. – A lentic species which occurs in shallow and exposed ponds, slow-flowing streams and ditches. In Sri Lanka, Japan and Indonesia [Bali] B. pulchellus was collected in paddy fields ( Yano et al., 1983a; Balke & Hendrich pers. observ.).