''Hydrophilus'' is a genus of

beetle Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Endopterygota. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 400,000 describ ...

s in the family

Hydrophilidae Hydrophilidae, also known colloquially as water scavenger beetles, is a family of beetles. Aquatic hydrophilids are notable for their long maxillary palps, which are longer than their antennae. Several of the former subfamilies of Hydrophilidae ...

, the water scavenger beetles. There are 53 species in three subgenera in the genus: ''Hydrophilus'', ''Dibolocelus'', and ''Temnopterus''.

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 * '' 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 * '' Hydrophilus purpuracens'' (Régimbart, 1901) * '' Hydrophilus smaragdinus'' Brullé, 1837 * '' Hydrophilus violaceonitens'' Jacquelin du Val, 1857 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 ''Hydrophilus piceus'' is a species of beetles in the family Hydrophilidae, the water scavenger beetles. This very large aquatic beetle is found in the Palearctic and is known by the common name great silver water beetle.Karaouzas, I., et al. (2 ...

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Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...

1758 Events January–March * January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the sta ...

) – great silver water beetle * '' Hydrophilus picicornis'' Chevrolat, 1863 * '' 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

References

Hydrophilidae genera Hydrophilinae {{Hydrophilidae-stub