Hydrophilus (beetle)

Hydrophilus is a genus of beetles in the family Hydrophilidae, the water scavenger beetles. There are 53 species in three subgenera in the genus: Hydrophilus, Dibolocelus, and Temnopterus.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]}

Hydrophilus
Hydrophilus piceus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Staphyliniformia
Family:	Hydrophilidae
Tribe:	Hydrophilini
Genus:	Hydrophilus Geoffroy, 1762

Hydrophilus sp. fossils

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^[6]
• 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^[6]
• Hydrophilus purpuracens (Régimbart, 1901)^[6]
• Hydrophilus smaragdinus Brullé, 1837
• Hydrophilus violaceonitens Jacquelin du Val, 1857^[6]

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 (Linnaeus, 1758) – great silver water beetle
• 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