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Enochrus is a genus of Water Scavenger Beetles, in the family Hydrophilidaeis, and is the third-largest genus of hydrophilids with about 229 species across six subgenera found across the world.
The Enochrus (Methydrus) pictured here was rescued from a swimming pool in Alice Springs, Australia.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Coleoptera
- Suborder: Polyphaga
- Superfamily: Hydrophiloidea
- Family: Hydrophilidae
- Subfamily: Enochrinae
- Genus: Enochrus
- Subgenus: infrageneric Methydrus
- Species:
- Enochrus (Methydrus) aliciae Watts, 1998
- Enochrus (Methydrus) deserticola (Blackburn, 1896)
- Enochrus (Methydrus) elongatulus (W.J. Macleay, 1871)
- Enochrus (Methydrus) esuriens (Walker, 1858)
- Enochrus (Methydrus) eubenangeei Watts, 1998
- Enochrus (Methydrus) eyrensis (Blackburn, 1895)
- Enochrus (Methydrus) isabellae Watts, 1998
- Enochrus (Methydrus) maculiceps (W.J. Macleay, 1871)
- Enochrus (Methydrus) malabarensis (Régimbart, 1903)
- Enochrus (Methydrus) natalensis (Gemminger & Harold, 1868)
- Enochrus (Methydrus) pseudoweiri Watts, 1998
- Enochrus (Methydrus) samae Watts, 1998
- Enochrus (Methydrus) weiri Watts, 1998
Footnote & References
- Many thanks to Jason Mate and Kimberi Pullen for ID, member of Australasian Beetles Only, https://www.facebook.com/groups/1180404322409639/
- Enochrus (Methydrus) Rey, 1885, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/e51711b3-73bd-4053-af66-5e88f8e6b62c
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