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Hydrophilus (beetle)

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Hydrophilus
Hydrophilus piceus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Hydrophilidae
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 53 species in three subgenera in the genus: Hydrophilus, Dibolocelus, and Temnopterus.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

List of species

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Subgenus Dibolocelus

Subgenus Hydrophilus

Subgenus Temnopterus

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" (PDF). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 44 (2): 187–199. doi:10.1080/00379271.2008.10697555. S2CID 51348060. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 22, 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 August 13, 2015.
  6. ^ a b c d e Hansen, Michael (1999). World Catalogue of Insects Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea (s. str.) (Coleoptera). Stenstrup: Apollo Books. ISBN 8788757315.
  7. ^ Arce-Pérez, Roberto; Arriaga-Varela, Emmanuel; Novelo-Gutiérrez, Rodolfo; Navarrete-Heredia, Josè L. (2021). "Giant water scavenger beetles Hydrophilus subgenus Dibolocelus (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) from Mexico with description of two new species". Zootaxa. 5027 (3): 387–407. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5027.3.5.