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

Superfamily Hydrophiloidea

Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Hydrophiloidea » Water Scavenger Beetles (Hydrophilidae) » Hydrophilinae » Hydrophilini » Hydrochara

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

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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

Revision of the beach-dwelling species of Cercyon Leach (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) of the West Coast of North America

By Suzumura A., Kobayashi N., Ôhara M.
Col. Bull. 73: 473‒493, 2019

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Contributed by v belov on 24 August, 2023 - 1:45pm

A review of the Cercyon Leach (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae, Sphaeridiinae) of the Greater Antilles

By Emmanuel Arriaga-Varela, Matthias Seidel, Albert Deler-Hernández, Viktor Senderov, Martin Fikácek
ZooKeys 681: 39-93, 2017

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Ten species are recorded (of which five are described as new):
C. armatipenis sp.n.
C. floridanus BG page
C. gimmeli sp.n.
C. insularis
C. nigriceps
C. praetextatus BG page
C. quisquilius
C. sklodowskae sp.n.
C. spiniventris sp.n.
C. taino sp.n.

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Contributed by Iustin Cret on 22 June, 2017 - 5:58pm

Occurrence of introduced species of the genus Cercyon (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) in the Neotropical Region

By M. Fikáček
Rev. Soc. Entomol. Argent. 68: 351-357, 2009

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Contributed by v belov on 8 February, 2012 - 5:55am

Phylogenetic analysis of Anacaenini (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Hydrophilinae) based on morphological characters of adults

By A. Komarek & R.G. Beutel
Systematic Entomology 32(2): 205-226, 2007

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Contributed by v belov on 26 February, 2010 - 11:13pm

Revision of The New World Chaetarthria (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae)

By David C.Miller
Entomologica Americana 49, 1:1-123, 1974

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Contributed by Iustin Cret on 6 December, 2017 - 10:29pm

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