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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