Brownephilus
| Brownephilus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Staphyliniformia |
| Family: | Hydrophilidae |
| Tribe: | Hydrophilini |
| Genus: | Brownephilus Mouchamps, 1959 |
Brownephilus is a genus of water scavenger beetles in the family Hydrophilidae containing two described species. Brownephilus was formerly a subgenus of Hydrobiomorpha and was elevated to genus by Andrew E.Z. Short in 2010.[1][2][3]
Species
[edit]These two species belong to the genus Brownephilus:
- Brownephilus levantinus (Balfour-Browne, 1939)
- Brownephilus major (İncerkara, Mart, Polat & Karaca, 2009)
References
[edit]- ↑ Short, A. E.Z.; Fikåček, M. (2011). "World catalogue of the Hydrophiloidea (Coleoptera): additions and corrections II (2006-1010)" (PDF). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. 51 (1): 83–122. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 13, 2015.
- ↑ Short, Andrew E.Z. (2010). "Phylogeny, evolution and classification of the giant water scavenger beetles (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Hydrophilini: Hydrophilina)". Systematics and Biodiversity. 8 (1): 17–37. doi:10.1080/14772000903529375.
- ↑ Darilmaz, Mustafa C.; Kiyak, Suat; Short, Andrew E.Z. (2010). "Discovery of the water scavenger beetle genus Brownephilus Mouchamps in Turkey (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae, Hydrophilini)". ZooKeys (53): 13–16. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.290.8528. doi:10.3897/zookeys.53.455. PMC 3088036. PMID 21594128.
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