Hydrophilus brevispina

Alice Springs Fauna •

Belonging to a group commonly called Large Water Beetles, Hydrophilus (Hydrophilus) brevispina is found across mainland Australia.

The follow photographs are of a water beetle found on the paving in a garden in Alice Springs. The beetle was originally on its back and it looked like it was dying.

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• Scientific classification
• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Arthropoda
• Subphylum: Hexapoda
• Class: Insecta
• Informal: Pterygotes
• Order: Coleoptera
• Suborder: Polyphaga
• Superfamily: Hydrophiloidea
• Family: Hydrophilidae
• Subfamily: Hydrophilinae
• Tribe: Hydrophilini
• Subtribe: Hydrophilina
• Genus: Hydrophilus
• Subgenus: infageneric Hydrophilus
• Species: Hydrophilus brevispina

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