Subfamily Hydrophilinae

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Notes on Nearctic Paracymus with descriptions of new species (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)

By Wooldridge, D.P.
Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 39: 712-725, 1966

Abstract here: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25083580

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Contributed by Brad Barnd on 29 April, 2014 - 9:39pm

The Aquatic Hydrophilidae (Coleoptera) of Mississippi

By Sam Testa III and Paul K. Lago
Department of Information Services, Division of Agriculture, Forestry, and Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, 1994

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Contributed by Tim Loh on 19 June, 2009 - 2:00am

A revision of the genus Tropisternus (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)

By Spangler P.J.
Unpubl. Ph.D. thesis. U. Missouri, Columbia. 365 pp., 1960

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Contributed by v belov on 15 February, 2023 - 9:16pm

A New Species of Berosus from Florida (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae)

By Eileen R. Van Tassell
Insecta Mundi, 1990

Abstract
A new species, Berosus arnetti, is described
from roadside ponds in Liberty County, Florida.
SEM photographs of the new species and a new
couplet for a modified key to the Southeastern
U.S. species are provided.

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Contributed by Tim Moyer on 25 August, 2024 - 7:07am

A new Berosus from Arizona, with a key to the Arizona species (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)

By Van Tassell, E. R.
Coleopterists Bulletin, 17(1):1-5, 1963

Include a key to the Berosus known to occur in Arizona...in 1963!

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Contributed by Claude Tessier on 9 December, 2020 - 8:18am

Revision of the genus Hydrochara Berth. (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)

By Smetana, A.
Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada 112: 1-100, 1980

Abstract here: http://dx.doi.org/10.4039/entm112111fv

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Contributed by Brad Barnd on 29 April, 2014 - 10:42pm

The genus Hydrophilus (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Hydrophilina) in Mexico and Central America

By R. Arce-Péez and M. A. Morón
Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2013

Full text from journal in Spanish

Abstract
The taxonomy and precise distribution of the species of the genus Hydrophilus Geoffroy, 1762 from Mexico and Central America are reviewed, based on the morphological study of 499 adult specimens, descriptions and literature records. Hydrophilus (Dibolocelus) purpuracens Régimbart, 1901 is recorded for the first time for Mexico. Species with widest distribution are H.(H.) ensifer Brullé, 1837 cited from 5 countries and in the Antilles, and H.(H.) insularis Castelnau, 1840 cited from 4 countries and the Antilles.

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Contributed by Matthew Pintar on 7 November, 2020 - 9:25am

Review of the Giant Water Scavenger Beetle Genus Hydrophilus Geoffroy (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) of the US and Canada.

By A. E. Z. Short and C. E. Mcintosh IV.
The Coleopterists Bulletin 68(2): 187-198., 2014

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A. E. Z. Short and C. E. Mcintosh IV. 2014. Review of the Giant Water Scavenger Beetle Genus Hydrophilus Geoffroy (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) of the United States and Canada. The Coleopterists Bulletin 68(2): 187-198.

Abstract

The species of the giant water scavenger beetle genus Hydrophilus Geoffroy occurring in the United States and Canada are reviewed.
Three species are recorded: Hydrophilus (s. str.) insularis Laporte de Castelnau, Hydrophilus (Dibolocelus) ovatus Gemminger and Harold, and Hydrophilus (s. str.) triangularis Say.

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Contributed by Mike Quinn on 25 June, 2014 - 3:52pm

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