''Brownephilus'' is a genus of
water scavenger beetle
Hydrophilidae, also known colloquially as water scavenger beetles, is a family of beetles. Aquatic hydrophilids are notable for their long maxillary palps, which are longer than their antennae. Several of the former subfamilies of Hydrophilidae ...
s in the family
Hydrophilidae
Hydrophilidae, also known colloquially as water scavenger beetles, is a family of beetles. Aquatic hydrophilids are notable for their long maxillary palps, which are longer than their antennae. Several of the former subfamilies of Hydrophilidae ...
containing two described species. ''Brownephilus'' was formerly a subgenus of ''
Hydrobiomorpha'' and was elevated to genus by Andrew E.Z. Short in 2010.
Species
These two species belong to the genus ''Brownephilus'':
* ''
Brownephilus levantinus''
(Balfour-Browne, 1939)
* ''
Brownephilus major''
(İncerkara, Mart, Polat & Karaca, 2009)
References
Hydrophilinae
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