Berosus barclayi Ponomarenko and Soriano 2019 (water scavenger beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Hydrophilidae

Full reference: A. G. Ponomarenko and C. Soriano. 2019. Taxonomic names, in The beetle (Coleoptera) fauna of the Insect Limestone (late Eocene), Isle of Wight, southern England. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 110:405-492

Belongs to Berosus according to A. G. Ponomarenko and C. Soriano 2019

Sister taxa: Berosus (Berosus), Berosus luridus, Berosus sexstriatus, Berosus signaticollis, Berosus spinosus, Berosus tenuis

Type specimen: NHMUK In.25659, an elytra. Its type locality is Bembridge Marls (Hooley coll), which is in a Priabonian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal lime mudstone in the Bouldnor Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Eocene of the United Kingdom (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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