A peer-reviewed open-access journal ZooKeys 206:Review 1–69 (2012) of the Berosus Leach of Venezuela (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae, Berosini)... 1 doi: 10.3897/zookeys.206.2587 MONOGRAPH www.zookeys.org Launched to accelerate biodiversity research Review of the Berosus Leach of Venezuela (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae, Berosini) with description of fourteen new species Adriana Oliva1,†, Andrew E. Z. Short2,‡ 1 Museo argentino de Ciencias naturales, Av. A. Gallardo 470, C1405DJR Buenos Aires, Argentina 2 Division of Entomology, Biodiversity Institute and Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, 1501 Crestline Drive, Suite 140, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA † urn:lsid:zoobank.org:author:E2A91E65-1F3C-4A09-A9FF-0B439B0DD5DA ‡ urn:lsid:zoobank.org:author:090482F3-1B03-4A1E-9DA3-C7B2532E05EC Corresponding author: Adriana Oliva (
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[email protected]) Academic editor: M. Fikácek | Received 22 December 2011 | Accepted 8 June 2012 | Published 6 July 2012 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:6619EDCD-ACA5-4844-8647-804A2F037B25 Citation: Oliva A, Short AEZ (2012) Review of the Berosus Leach of Venezuela (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae, Berosini) with description of fourteen new species. ZooKeys 206: 1–69. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.206.2587 Abstract The species of the water scavenger beetle genus Berosus Leach occurring in Venezuela are reviewed. Thirty- six species are recorded, including fifteen new species, fourteen of which are described here as new: B. aragua sp. n., B. asymmetricus sp. n., B. capanaparo sp. n., B. castaneus sp. n., B. corozo sp. n., B. ebeninus sp. n., B. garciai sp. n., B. humeralis sp. n., B. jolyi sp. n., B. llanensis sp.