Hydrophilus (beetle)
| Hydrophilus | |
|---|---|
 
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| Hydrophilus piceus | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Class: | Insecta | 
| Order: | Coleoptera | 
| Suborder: | Polyphaga | 
| Infraorder: | Staphyliniformia | 
| Family: | Hydrophilidae | 
| Tribe: | Hydrophilini | 
| Genus: | Geoffroy, 1762  | 

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
Subgenus Dibolocelus
- Hydrophilus gibbosus (Régimbart, 1901)
 - Hydrophilus harpe Short and McIntosh, 2015
 - Hydrophilus iricolor (Régimbart, 1901)
 - Hydrophilus masculinus (Régimbart, 1901)
 - Hydrophilus nucleoensis Arce-Pérez & Arriaga-Varela, 2021[6]
 - Hydrophilus oberthueri (Régimbart, 1901)
 - Hydrophilus ovatus Gemminger and Harold 1868
 - Hydrophilus palpalis Brullé, 1838
 - Hydrophilus pollens Sharp, 1887
 - Hydrophilus pseudovatus Arce-Pérez & Arriaga-Varela, 2021[6]
 - Hydrophilus purpuracens (Régimbart, 1901)[6]
 - Hydrophilus smaragdinus Brullé, 1837
 - Hydrophilus violaceonitens Jacquelin du Val, 1857[6]
 
Subgenus Hydrophilus
- Hydrophilus acuminatus Motschulsky, 1853
 - Hydrophilus albipes Castelnau, 1840
 - Hydrophilus aterrimus (Eschscholtz, 1822)
 - Hydrophilus australis Montrouzier, 1860
 - Hydrophilus bedeli (Régimbart, 1901)
 - Hydrophilus bilineatus (MacLeay, 1825)
 - Hydrophilus brevispina Fairmaire, 1879
 - Hydrophilus cavicrus (Kuwert, 1893)
 - Hydrophilus cavisternum (Bedel, 1891)
 - Hydrophilus dauricus Mannerheim, 1852
 - Hydrophilus ensifer Brullé, 1837
 - Hydrophilus flavicornis Castelnau, 1840
 - Hydrophilus foveolatus (Régimbart, 1901)
 - Hydrophilus guarani (Bachmann, 1966)
 - Hydrophilus hackeri (Orchymont, 1937)
 - Hydrophilus hastatus (Herbst, 1779)
 - Hydrophilus indicus (Bedel, 1891)
 - Hydrophilus infrequens Watts, 1988
 - Hydrophilus insularis Laporte de Castelnau, 1840
 - Hydrophilus latipalpus Castelnau, 1840
 - Hydrophilus loriai (Régimbart, 1901)
 - Hydrophilus macronyx (Régimbart, 1901)
 - Hydrophilus mesopotamiae (Kniz, 1914)
 - Hydrophilus novaeguineae Watts, 1988
 - Hydrophilus olivaceus Fabricius, 1781
 - Hydrophilus pedipalpus (Bedel, 1891)
 - Hydrophilus piceus (Linnaeus, 1758) – great silver water beetle
 - Hydrophilus pistaceus Laporte de Castelnau, 1840
 - Hydrophilus regimbarti (Zaitzev, 1908)
 - Hydrophilus rufocinctus (Bedel, 1891)
 - Hydrophilus senegalensis (Percheron, 1835)
 - Hydrophilus simulator (Bedel, 1891)
 - Hydrophilus sternitalis (Reitter, 1906)
 - Hydrophilus temnopteroides (Orchymont, 1913)
 - Hydrophilus triangularis Say, 1823 – giant water scavenger beetle
 - Hydrophilus unguicularis (Régimbart, 1901)
 - Hydrophilus wattsi Hansen, 1999
 
Subgenus Temnopterus
- Hydrophilus aculeatus (Solier, 1834)
 - Hydrophilus rufomarginatus Hansen, 1999
 
References
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- ^ 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.
 - ^ "Hydrophilus Geoffroy, 1762". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
 - ^ 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.
 - ^ "Hydrophilus Müller, 1764". BioLib.
 - ^ 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.
 - ^ a b c d e Hansen, Michael (1999). World Catalogue of Insects Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea (s. str.) (Coleoptera). Stenstrup: Apollo Books. ISBN 8788757315.
 - ^ 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.
 
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