Freshwater Macroinvertebrates in Hong Kong

Berosus sp.

Family: Hydrophilidae
Subfamily: Hydrophilinae
Tribe: Berosini

General appearance: body dorsoventral flattened with conspicuous lateral tracheal gills on abdominal segments I -VII and spiracular atrium absent (distinguished chacteristics for this genus); head subquadrate, mandibles strongly asymmetrical (left mandible shorter & with a small tooth), clypeolabrum asymmetrical.

Fullvie in dorsal view
Fullview in ventral view
Fullview in lateral view
Head in dorsal view
Head in ventral view
Abdomen in dorsal view
Abdomen in ventral view

 

Reference:

Minoshima, Yûsuke & Hayashi, Masakazu. (2011): Larval morphology of the Japanese species of the tribes Acidocerini, Hydrobiusini and Hydrophilini (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 51(supplementum): 1–118.