Hydrophilus ovatus is a species of water scavenger beetle in the family Hydrophilidae.[1][2][3] It is found in the eastern United States from Maine south to Florida and west to Texas and Kansas, southern Ontario and Quebec, and south to southern Mexico.[4][5]
| Hydrophilus ovatus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Family: | Hydrophilidae |
| Genus: | Hydrophilus |
| Subgenus: | Dibolocelus |
| Species: | H. ovatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Hydrophilus ovatus Gemminger & Harold, 1868
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References
edit- ^ "Hydrophilus ovatus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Hydrophilus ovatus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Hydrophilus ovatus species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Arce-Pérez, Roberto; Arriaga-Varela, Emmanuel; Novelo-Gutiérrez, Rodolfo; Navarrete-Heredia, Josè L. (2021). "Giant water scavenger beetles Hydrophilus subgenus Dibolocelus (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) from Mexico with description of two new species". Zootaxa. 5027 (3): 387–407. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5027.3.5.
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