Hydrobius Linnaeus 1758 (water scavenger beetle)

Insecta - Coleoptera - Hydrophilidae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824

Parent taxon: Hydrobiusina according to P. Bouchard et al. 2011

See also Scudder 1878 and Scudder 1900

Sister taxa: Baissalarva, Cretoxenus, Limnoxenus

Subtaxa: Hydrobius confixus Hydrobius convexus Hydrobius couloni Hydrobius decineratus Hydrobius fuscipes Hydrobius longicollis Hydrobius maceratus Hydrobius prisconatator Hydrobius titan

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Quaternary of the Russian Federation (3 collections), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (7), United States (4: Colorado, Washington)

• Miocene of Croatia (1), Germany (1)

• Oligocene of Germany (1)

• Eocene of United States (6: Colorado, Wyoming)

Total: 24 collections including 25 occurrences

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