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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Hydrophiloidea » Water Scavenger Beetles (Hydrophilidae) » Hydrophilinae » Hydrobiusini » Hydrobius

Genus Hydrobius

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Range · Works Cited
Water Scavenger Beetle - Hydrobius fuscipes Water Scavenger Beetle - Hydrobius fuscipes Darkling Beetle, maybe? - Hydrobius fuscipes Water Scavenger Beetle - Hydrobius fuscipes Hydrobius fuscipes Unknown Water Beetle - Hydrobius fuscipes Hydrobius fuscipes? - Hydrobius fuscipes Hydrobius fuscipes
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)
Superfamily Hydrophiloidea
Family Hydrophilidae (Water Scavenger Beetles)
Subfamily Hydrophilinae
Tribe Hydrobiusini
Genus Hydrobius
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Species of Limnohydrobius used to be treated here(1)
Explanation of Names
Hydrobius Leach 1815
Numbers
one species in our area, 5 spp. total(1)
Range
holarctic, widespread in NA; most diverse in E Asia(1)
Works Cited
1.Phylogeny, classification and evolution of the water scavenger beetle tribe Hydrobiusini inferred from morphology and molecules
Short A.E.Z., Cole J., Toussaint E.F.A. 2017. Syst. Entomol. 42: 677- 691.
Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 17 September, 2005 - 8:44pm
Additional contributions by v belov, mpintar
Last updated 13 February, 2023 - 7:17pm

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