Hydrophilus | |
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Hydrophilus piceus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Family: | Hydrophilidae |
Subfamily: | Hydrophilinae |
Tribe: | Hydrophilini |
Genus: |
Hydrophilus Geoffroy, 1762 |
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.