Hydrophilus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Staphyliniformia
Superfamilia: Hydrophiloidea

Familia: Hydrophilidae
Subfamilia: Hydrophilinae
Tribus: Hydrophilini
Subtribus: Hydrophilina
Genus: Hydrophilus

Subgenera: H. (Dibolocelus) – H. (Hydrophilus) – H. (Temnopterus)

Species: H. aculeatus – H. acuminatus – H. albipes – H. ater – H. aterrimus – H. atricapillus – H. bilineatus – H. brevispina – H. caschmirensis – H. cavisternum – H. dauricus – H. ensifer – H. foveolatus – H. guarani – H. harpe – H. hastatus – H. indicus – H. infrequens – H. insularis – H. iricolor – H. latipalpus – H. macronyx – H. masculinus – H. mesopotamiae – H. olivaceus – H. ovatus – H. palpalis – H. pedipalpus – H. piceus – H. pistaceus – H. pollens – H. purpuracens – H. rufocinctus – H. rufomarginatus – H. rufus – H. senegalensis – H. smaragdinus – H. sternitalis – H. triangularis – H. tricolor – H. wattsi
Name

Hydrophilus Geoffroy, 1762: 180

Type species: Dytiscus piceus Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms

Hydrolus Rafinesque, 1815
Hydrophilus Fabricius, 1775
Hydrous Linnaeus, 1775
Stethoscus Mouchamps, 1959
Stethoxus Solier, 1834
Temnopterus Solier, 1834
Tetracanthicus Hope, 1838

References
Primary references

Geoffroy, E.L. 1762. Histoire abrégée des insectes qui se trouvent aux environs de Paris; dans laquelle ces animaux sont rangés suivant un ordre méthodique. Tome premier. Durand, Paris. xxviii + 523 pp., 10 pls. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.14710. BHL. Reference page.

Additional references

Hansen, M. 1991: The hydrophilid beetles: phylogeny, classification and a revision of the genera (Coleoptera, Hydrophiloidea). Biologiske skrifter, 40 ISSN: 0366-3612 ISBN 87-7304-226-9 Google books
Short, A.E.Z. & McIntosh, C.E. 2014. Review of the Giant Water Scavenger Beetle Genus Hydrophilus Geoffroy (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) of the United States and Canada. Coleopterists bulletin 68(2): 187–198. DOI: 10.1649/0010-065X-68.2.187 Paywall. JSTOR Hybrid open access journal. Reference page.

Links

Hydrophilus (Hydrophilidae) – Taxon details on Biological Library (BioLib).
Hydrophilus (Hydrophilidae) – Taxon details on Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Water scavenger beetles of the genus Hydrophilus Mueller, 1764 - atlas of beetles of Russia

Vernacular names
日本語: ガムシ属
русский: Водолюб большой

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]
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 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

Fikacek, M.; Hajek, J.; Prokop, J. (2008). "New record of the water beetles (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae, Hydrophilidae) from the central European Oligocene-Miocene deposits, with a confirmation of the generic attribution of Hydrobiomorpha enspelense Wedmann 2000" (PDF). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 44 (2): 187–199. doi:10.1080/00379271.2008.10697555. S2CID 51348060. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 22, 2014. Retrieved March 2, 2014.
"Hydrophilus Geoffroy, 1762". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
Hansen, M. (1991). "The hydrophilid beetles: phylogeny, classification and a revision of the genera (Coleoptera, Hydrophiloidea)". Biologiske Skrifter. 40. ISBN 87-7304-226-9. ISSN 0366-3612.
"Hydrophilus Müller, 1764". BioLib.
Short, A. E.Z.; Fikåček, M. (2011). "World catalogue of the Hydrophiloidea (Coleoptera): additions and corrections II (2006-1010)" (PDF). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. 51 (1): 83–122. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 13, 2015.
Hansen, Michael (1999). World Catalogue of Insects Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea (s. str.) (Coleoptera). Stenstrup: Apollo Books. ISBN 8788757315.
Arce-Pérez, Roberto; Arriaga-Varela, Emmanuel; Novelo-Gutiérrez, Rodolfo; Navarrete-Heredia, Josè L. (2021). "Giant water scavenger beetles Hydrophilus subgenus Dibolocelus' (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) from Mexico with description of two new species". Zootaxa. 5027 (3): 387–407. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5027.3.5.