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Hydrophilus (beetle)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subfamily
  
Hydrophilinae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Rank
  
Genus

Family
  
Hydrophilidae

Tribe
  
Hydrophilini

Higher classification
  
Hydrophilidae

Order
  
Beetle

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Similar
  
Hydrophilus piceus, Hydrophilidae, Beetle, Insect, Hydrophilus aterrimus

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.

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

    Hydrophilus (beetle) Wikipedia
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