Genus
Hydrophilus (Giant water scavenger beetles)
Hydrophilus triangularis. Photo: (c) bindelshsu, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Hydrophilus is a genus of beetles in the family Hydrophilidae, the water scavenger beetles. There are about 48 species in three subgenera in the genus: Hydrophilus, Dibolocelus, and Temnopterus.
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
- Class: Insecta (Insects)
- Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
- Order: Coleoptera (Beetles)
- Suborder: Polyphaga (Water, rove, scarab, long-horned, leaf, and snout beetles)
- Infraorder: Staphyliniformia (Staphyliniform beetles)
- Superfamily: Hydrophiloidea (Water scavenger and clown beetles)
- Family: Hydrophilidae (Water scavenger beetles)
- Subfamily: Hydrophilinae
- Tribe: Hydrophilini
- Genus: Hydrophilus (Giant water scavenger beetles)
- Tribe: Hydrophilini
- Subfamily: Hydrophilinae
- Family: Hydrophilidae (Water scavenger beetles)
- Superfamily: Hydrophiloidea (Water scavenger and clown beetles)
- Infraorder: Staphyliniformia (Staphyliniform beetles)
- Suborder: Polyphaga (Water, rove, scarab, long-horned, leaf, and snout beetles)
- Order: Coleoptera (Beetles)
- Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
- Class: Insecta (Insects)
- Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
