Hydrophilus (beetle)

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]

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

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 insularis Laporte de Castelnau, 1840
  • 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 purpuracens Régimbart, 1901
  • Hydrophilus rufus Scopoli, 1763
  • Hydrophilus smaragdinus Brullé, 1837
  • Hydrophilus triangularis Say, 1823 – giant water scavenger beetle
  • Hydrophilus tricolor Herbst, 1784
  • Hydrophilus wattsi Hansen, 1999
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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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