''Hydrobius'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
hydrophilid beetle
Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...
s that contains nine species distributed throughout the
Holarctic
The Holarctic realm is a biogeographic realm that comprises the majority of habitats found throughout the continents in the Northern Hemisphere. It corresponds to the floristic Boreal Kingdom. It includes both the Nearctic zoogeographical reg ...
realm
A realm is a community or territory over which a sovereign rules. The term is commonly used to describe a monarchical or dynastic state. A realm may also be a subdivision within an empire, if it has its own monarch, e.g. the German Empire.
Etymo ...
.
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Hydrobius arcticus''
Kuwert, 1890
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Hydrobius convexus''
Brullé, 1835
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Hydrobius fuscipes''
(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoologic ...
)
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Hydrobius melaenus''
(Germar, 1824)
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Hydrobius orientalis''
Jia & Short, 2009
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Hydrobius pauper''
Sharp, 1884
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Hydrobius pui''
Jia, 1995
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Hydrobius punctistriatus''
Jia, 1995
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Hydrobius tumidus
''Hydrobius'' is a genus of Hydrophilidae, hydrophilid beetles that contains nine species distributed throughout the Holarctic biogeographic realm, realm.
*''Hydrobius arcticus'' Kuwert, 1890
*''Hydrobius convexus'' Brullé, 1835
*''Hydrobius fus ...
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LeConte, 1835
References
External links
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''Hydrobius'' on BugGuide
Hydrophilidae genera
Hydrophilinae
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