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Brownephilus

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Brownephilus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
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

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These two species belong to the genus Brownephilus:

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.