Hydrophilites acherontis Heer 1852

Insecta - Coleoptera

Alternative combination: Hydrophilus acherontis

Full reference: O. Heer. 1852. Die Lias-Insel des Aargau's. Zwei Geologische Vorträge Gehalten im März 1852 1:1-15

Belongs to Hydrophilites according to A. Handlirsch 1906

See also Heer 1852 and Heer 1864

Sister taxa: Hydrophilites naujatensis, Hydrophilites stygius

Type specimen: Its type locality is Insektenmergel, Schambelen, Aargau, which is in an Angulata offshore claystone in the Insektenmergel Formation of Switzerland

Distribution: found only at Insektenmergel, Schambelen, Aargau

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