Hydrobius

Taxonavigation

Hydrobius fuscipes

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: Hydrobiusini
Genus: Hydrobius
Species (9): H. arcticus – H. convexus – H. fuscipes – H. melaenus – H. orientalis – H. pauper – H. pui – H. punctistriatus – H. tumidus

[source: Jia & Short (2009)]

Name

• Hydrobius Leach, 1815
  • Gender: masculine
  • Type species: Dytiscus fuscipes Linnaeus, 1758
    • Fixation: subsequent designation by Hope (1838)
  • placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology by ICZN (1990: 71)

Synonyms

• Limnohydrobius Reitter, 1909
  • Gender: masculine
  • Type species: Hydrobius convexus Brullé, 1835
    • Fixation: monotypy

References

• Fikáček, M.; Hájek, J.; Schmied, H. 2011: On the identity of the fossil aquatic beetles from the Tertiary localities in the southern part of the Upper Rhine Graben (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae, Dytiscidae). ZooKeys, 78: 15–25. ISSN: 1313-2970 (online) ISSN: 1313-2989 (print) DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.78.800
• 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
• ICZN 1990: OPINION 1577. Hydrobius Leach, 1815 (Insecta, Coleoptera): Dytiscus fuscipes Linnaeus, 1758 conserved as type species, and Berosus Leach, 1817 (Insecta, Coleoptera): conserved. Bulletin of zoological nomenclature, 47(1): 71–72. ISSN: 0007-5167 Internet Archive BHL BioStor
• Jia, F. 1995: Studies on Hydrobius Leach of China (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Supplement to the journal of the Sun Yatsen University, (2): 131–133.
• Jia, F.; Short, A.E.Z. 2009: Description of Hydrobius orientalis sp. n., the first species of the subtribe Hydrobiusina from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Hydrophilini). Aquatic insects, 31(1): 25–29. DOI: 10.1080/01650420802448523 PDF

Additional references

• Fossen, E.I.F., Ekrem, T., Nilsson, A.N. & Bergsten, J. 2016. Species delimitation in northern European water scavenger beetles of the genus Hydrobius (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae). ZooKeys 564: 71–120. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.564.6558.Reference page. 
• Ryndevich, S.K. & Angus, R.B. 2020. Redescription of Hydrobius pauper (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae), with a key to the Eurasian species of the genus Hydrobius. Zoosystematica Rossica 29(1): 77-86. DOI: 10.31610/zsr/2020.29.1.77. . Reference page.