Hydrophilus (beetle) explained

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

Notes and References

1. 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 . Annales de la Société Entomologique de France . M. . Fikacek . J. . Hajek . J. . Prokop . 2008 . 44 . 2 . 187–199 . 10.1080/00379271.2008.10697555 . 51348060 . March 2, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140922051048/http://cercyon.eu/Publications_PDF/FikacekEtAl_2008_small.pdf . September 22, 2014 . dead . free .
2. Web site: Hydrophilus Geoffroy, 1762 . Integrated Taxonomic Information System . July 26, 2015.
3. Hansen . M. . 1991 . The hydrophilid beetles: phylogeny, classification and a revision of the genera (Coleoptera, Hydrophiloidea) . Biologiske Skrifter . 40 . 0366-3612 . 87-7304-226-9.
4. Web site: Hydrophilus Müller, 1764 . BioLib .
5. 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 .
6. Book: Hansen, Michael . World Catalogue of Insects Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea (s. str.) (Coleoptera) . Apollo Books . Stenstrup . 1999 . 8788757315.
7. Giant water scavenger beetles Hydrophilus subgenus Dibolocelus' (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) from Mexico with description of two new species . Zootaxa . 2021 . Roberto . Arce-Pérez . Emmanuel . Arriaga-Varela . Rodolfo . Novelo-Gutiérrez . Josè L. . Navarrete-Heredia . 10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5027.3.5 . 5027 . 3 . 387–407.