Hydrophilus Geoffroy, 1762

Minoshima, Yûsuke & Hayashi, Masakazu, 2011, Larval morphology of the Japanese species of the tribes Acidocerini, Hydrobiusini and Hydrophilini (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae), Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae (suppl.) 51, pp. 1-118 : 91

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.4272324

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4334986

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scientific name

Hydrophilus Geoffroy, 1762
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Genus Hydrophilus Geoffroy, 1762 View in CoL

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Diagnosis. Larvae of this genus are easily distinguishable from other Japanese genera of the Hydrophilini by their large body size; additional diagnostic characters are: (1) frontal lines U-shaped, forming a straight line in posterior part of the head ( Fig. 58A View Fig ); (2) nasale smooth ( Fig. 56C View Fig ); (3) epistomal lobes almost symmetrical, rounded ( Fig. 56C View Fig ); (4) mandibles asymmetrical, right mandible with two inner teeth, left mandible with one inner tooth ( Figs. 57 View Fig B–C); (5) abdominal segments with short setiferous projections on each side.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Coleoptera

Family

Hydrophilidae

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