Hydrophilus (beetle)

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]

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

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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  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. 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.


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