Hydrophilus (beetle)

Hydrophilus
Hydrophilus piceus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Hydrophilidae
Subfamily: Hydrophilinae
Tribe: Hydrophilini
Genus: Hydrophilus
Geoffroy, 1762
Hydrophilus sp. fossils

Hydrophilus is a genus of beetles in the family Hydrophilidae, the water scavenger beetles. There are about 48 species in three subgenera in the genus: Hydrophilus, Dibolocelus, and Temnopterus.[1][2][3][4][5]

List of species

References

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  1. Fikacek, M.; Hajek, J.; Prokop, J. (2008). "New record of the water beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae, Hydrophilidae) from the central European Oligocene-Miocene deposits, with a confirmation of the generic attribution of Hydrobiomorpha enspelense Wedmann 2000". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 44 (2): 187–199. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 2, 2014. Retrieved March 2, 2014.
  2. "Hydrophilus Geoffroy, 1762". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
  3. Hansen, M. (1991). "The hydrophilid beetles: phylogeny, classification and a revision of the genera (Coleoptera, Hydrophiloidea)". Biologiske skrifter. 40. ISBN 87-7304-226-9. ISSN 0366-3612.
  4. "Hydrophilus Müller, 1764". BioLib.
  5. Short, A. E.Z.; Fikåček, M. (2011). "World catalogue of the Hydrophiloidea (Coleoptera): additions and corrections II (2006-1010)". Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. 51 (1): 83–122. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 26, 2015.


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