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Hydrobius

Insecta - Coleoptera - Hydrophilidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Hydrobius Linnaeus
1878Hydrobius Scudder p. 761
1900Hydrobius Scudder p. 43
2011Hydrobius Bouchard et al. p. 156

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
superclassHexapodaLatreille 1825
classInsecta
—Dicondylia
—Paranotalia
subclassPterygota()
—NeopterygotaCrampton 1924
infraclassNeopteraMartynov 1923
RankNameAuthor
—Holometabola
—Aparaglossata
—Neuropteriformia
—Coleopterida
orderColeoptera
—Mesocoleoptera
—Metacoleoptera
suborderPolyphagaEmery 1886
infraorderStaphyliniformia
superfamilyHydrophiloidea
familyHydrophilidae
subfamilyHydrophilinae()
tribeHydrobiusini(Mulsant 1844)
genusHydrobius

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Hydrobius Linnaeus 1758
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†Hydrobius confixus Scudder 1890
Hydrobius convexus Brullé 1835
†Hydrobius couloni Heer 1862
†Hydrobius decineratus Scudder 1878
Hydrobius fuscipes Linnaeus 1758
†Hydrobius longicollis Heer 1847
†Hydrobius maceratus Scudder 1900
†Hydrobius prisconatator Wickham 1911
†Hydrobius titan Wickham 1913
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:56:18
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Bridgerian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 50.30000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 46.2 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) H. confixus (122090) H. decineratus (121322)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Colorado) H. prisconatator (106381 123119) H. titan (113749) H. titan, H. maceratus (106384)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Germany H. convexus (122407)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Croatia H. longicollis (117246)
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Germany (Baden-Württemberg) H. couloni (117252)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom H. fuscipes (168264 168266 168269)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Colorado) H. fuscipes (169333 169336)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Worcestershire) H. fuscipes (163070 163075)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Ukraine H. fuscipes (153476)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Russian Federation H. fuscipes (153435 163102 173216)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) H. fascipes (164905 164920)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Washington) H. fuscipes (157092 167662)