Brownephilus Explained

Brownephilus is a genus of water scavenger beetles in the family Hydrophilidae containing two described species. Brownephilus was formerly a subgenus of Hydrobiomorpha and was elevated to genus by Andrew E.Z. Short in 2010.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Species

These two species belong to the genus Brownephilus:

• Brownephilus levantinus (Balfour-Browne, 1939)
• Brownephilus major (İncerkara, Mart, Polat & Karaca, 2009)

Notes and References

1. A. E.Z. . Short . M. . Fikåček . World catalogue of the Hydrophiloidea (Coleoptera): additions and corrections II (2006-1010) . Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae . 2011 . 51 . 1 . 83–122 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150813161822/http://cercyon.eu/Publications_PDF/ShortFikacek_CatalogueUpdateII.pdf . August 13, 2015 . dead .
2. Andrew E.Z. . Short . Phylogeny, evolution and classification of the giant water scavenger beetles (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Hydrophilini: Hydrophilina). Systematics and Biodiversity . 2010 . 8 . 1 . 17–37 . 10.1080/14772000903529375 . free .
3. Discovery of the water scavenger beetle genus Brownephilus Mouchamps in Turkey (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae, Hydrophilini) . Mustafa C. . Darilmaz . Suat . Kiyak . Andrew E.Z. . Short . ZooKeys . 2010 . 53 . 13–16 . 3088036 . 10.3897/zookeys.53.455 . 21594128 . 10.1.1.290.8528 . free .