ColeopteraColeoptera Index Amarygmus sp Anoplognathus sp Aphanestes gymnopleura Aphanesthes succine Aporocera speciosa Atractocerus crassicornis Blackburnium cavicolle Buprestidae Carphurus Cerambycidae Chalcopteroides (Chalcopterus Beetle) Christmas Beetles Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles) Coleoptera (Beetles) Curculionidae Dicranolaius cinctus Dung Beetle Eretes australis Helea scaphiformis Hydrophilus Ladybirds (Beetles) Lepidiota Lucanidae Lycidae Malachiinae Mordellidae (Pintail Beetles) Neospades sp Omorgus Paropsine Beetle Paropsisterna sp Phorticosomus sp Protaetia fusca Pterohelaeus sp Rhinotia haemoptera Rhinotia suturalis Rhipiceridae Scarabaeidae Tenebrionidae Xylophilostenus octophyllus
Hydrophilus are a group of beetles that are commonly known as the Water Scavenger Beetle, although not all are aquatic, with some being terrestrial species.
Pictured here is a member of the subgenus Hydrophilus (Hydrophilus), retrieved from a swimming pool in Alice Springs in the Northern Territory. The beetle was about 3.5 cm in length.
Water Scavenger Beetle – Hydrophilus (Hydrophilus), Alice Springs NT
Water Scavenger Beetle – Hydrophilus (Hydrophilus), Alice Springs NT
- 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
Footnote & References
- Many thanks for ID to Robert Velten for ID, member of Australasian Beetles Only, Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/1180404322409639/
- Hydrophilus (Hydrophilus) brevispina Fairmaire, 1879, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Hydrophilus (Hydrophilus) brevispina
ColeopteraColeoptera Index Amarygmus sp Anoplognathus sp Aphanestes gymnopleura Aphanesthes succine Aporocera speciosa Atractocerus crassicornis Blackburnium cavicolle Buprestidae Carphurus Cerambycidae Chalcopteroides (Chalcopterus Beetle) Christmas Beetles Chrysomelidae (Leaf Beetles) Coleoptera (Beetles) Curculionidae Dicranolaius cinctus Dung Beetle Eretes australis Helea scaphiformis Hydrophilus Ladybirds (Beetles) Lepidiota Lucanidae Lycidae Malachiinae Mordellidae (Pintail Beetles) Neospades sp Omorgus Paropsine Beetle Paropsisterna sp Phorticosomus sp Protaetia fusca Pterohelaeus sp Rhinotia haemoptera Rhinotia suturalis Rhipiceridae Scarabaeidae Tenebrionidae Xylophilostenus octophyllus
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