Hydrophilini

Hydrophilini

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Hydrophiloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Staphyliniformia Superfamilia: Hydrophiloidea

Familia: Hydrophilidae
Subfamilia: Hydrophilinae
Tribus: Hydrophilini
Genera (7): Brownephilus – Hydrobiomorpha – Hydrochara – Hydrophilus – Omniops – Protistolophus – Sternolophus – Tropisternus

[source: Short & Fikáček (2013)]

Name

• Hydrophilini Latreille, 1802

References

• Fikáček, M.; Wedmann, S.; Schmied, H. 2010: Diversification of the greater hydrophilines clade of giant water scavenger beetles dated back to the Middle Eocene (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Hydrophilina). Invertebrate systematics, 24: 9–22. DOI: 10.1071/IS09042
• Short, A.E.Z. 2010: Phylogeny, evolution and classification of the giant water scavenger beetles (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Hydrophilini: Hydrophilina). Systematics and biodiversity, 8: 17–37. DOI: 10.1080/14772000903529375
• Short, A.E.Z. & Fikáček, M. 2011. World catalogue of the Hydrophiloidea (Coleoptera): additions and corrections II (2006–2010). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 51(1): 83–122. PDF. Reference page. 
• Short, A.E.Z. & Fikáček, M. 2013. Molecular phylogeny, evolution and classification of the Hydrophilidae (Coleoptera). Systematic Entomology 38(4): 723–752. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12024 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Hansen, M. 1991: The hydrophilid beetles: phylogeny, classification and a revision of the genera (Coleoptera, Hydrophiloidea). Biologiske skrifter, 40 ISSN: 0366-3612 ISBN 87-7304-226-9 Google books
• I.Löbl & A.Smetana (eds). 2004 Catalogue of Palearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 2: Hydrophiloidea-Staphylinoidea. Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark ISBN 87-88757-74-9, p. 53
• Minoshima, Y.; Hayashi, M. 2011: Larval morphology of the Japanese species of the tribes Acidocerini, Hydrobiusini and Hydrophilini (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 51(supplementum) ISBN 978-80-7036-296-9

Vernacular names

English: Giant water scavenger beetles

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