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

  • Hydrophilus aculeatus (Solier, 1834)
  • Hydrophilus acuminatus Motschulsky, 1853
  • Hydrophilus albipes Castelnau, 1840
  • Hydrophilus aterrimus (Eschscholtz, 1822)
  • Hydrophilus atricapillus Duftschmid, 1805
  • Hydrophilus bilineatus
  • Hydrophilus brevispina Fairmaire, 1879
  • Hydrophilus caschmirensis Redtenbacher, 1844
  • Hydrophilus ensifer Brullé, 1837
  • Hydrophilus foveolatus (Régimbart, 1901)
  • Hydrophilus guarani (Bachmann, 1966)
  • Hydrophilus hastatus (Herbst, 1779)
  • Hydrophilus indicus (Bedel, 1891)
  • Hydrophilus infrequens Watts, 1988
  • Hydrophilus latipalpus Castelnau, 1840
  • Hydrophilus macronyx (Régimbart, 1901)
  • Hydrophilus ovatus Gemminger and Harold 1868
  • Hydrophilus palpalis Brullé, 1838
  • Hydrophilus pedipalpus (Bedel, 1891)
  • Hydrophilus piceus (Linnaeus, 1758) – great silver water beetle
  • Hydrophilus picicornis Chevrolat, 1863
  • Hydrophilus pistaceus Laporte de Castelnau, 1840
  • Hydrophilus rufus Scopoli, 1763
  • Hydrophilus smaragdinus Brullé, 1837
  • Hydrophilus triangularis Say, 1823 – giant water scavenger beetle
  • Hydrophilus tricolor Herbst, 1784
  • Hydrophilus wattsi Hansen, 1999

References

  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" (PDF). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 44 (2): 187–199. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 3, 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)" (PDF). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. 51 (1): 83–122. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 26, 2015.


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