Hydrophilus insularis is a species of water scavenger beetle in the family Hydrophilidae.[1][2][3] It is found from northern South America north throughout the Caribbean, Central America, and Mexico into southern Arizona, California, Texas, and Florida in the United States.[4][5]

Hydrophilus insularis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Hydrophilidae
Genus: Hydrophilus
Species:
H. insularis
Binomial name
Hydrophilus insularis

References

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  1. ^ "Hydrophilus insularis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2020-07-25.
  2. ^ "Hydrophilus insularis". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-07-25.
  3. ^ Short, A. E. Z.; McIntosh, C. E. (2014). "Review of the giant water scavenger beetle genus Hydrophilus Geoffroy (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) of the United States and Canada". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 68 (2): 187–198. doi:10.1649/0010-065X-68.2.187.
  4. ^ Arce-Pérez, Roberto; Morón, Miguel Ángel (2013). "El género Hydrophilus (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Hydrophilina) en México y Centroamérica". Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad (in Spanish). 84: 140–152. doi:10.7550/rmb.32113.