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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Hydrophiloidea » Hydrochidae » Hydrochus

Genus Hydrochus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Print References · Works Cited
Hydrochus sp. - Hydrochus beetle - Hydrochus Beetle - Hydrochus Hydrochus currani Hydrochus Pennsylvania Beetle for ID - Hydrochus Hydrochus vagus - male Hydrochus - male
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 Hydrochidae
Genus Hydrochus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
important recent taxonomic acts in(1)
Explanation of Names
Hydrochus Leach 1817
Numbers
31 spp. in our area, 16 in se US(1), ~170 worldwide(2)
Identification
genus easily recognizable, but species hard to separate without dissection(2)
key to MS spp. in(1)
Range
worldwide
Print References
Hellman J.L. (1975) A taxonomic revision of the genus Hydrochus of North America, Central America and West Indies. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Maryland. 420 pp.
Works Cited
1.Hydrochidae (Coleoptera) of Mississippi
Worthington R.J., Hellman J.L., Lago P.K. 2016. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 142: 167-213.
2.American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia
Arnett, R.H., Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). 2000. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
Contributed by Jim McClarin on 8 September, 2005 - 5:38pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 1 August, 2019 - 3:51pm

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