Freshwater Macroinvertebrates in Hong Kong

Enochrus sp.1 cf. esuriens

Family: Hydrophilidae
Subfamily: Hydrophilinae
Tribe: Hydrophilini
Subtribus: Acidocerina

Habitat: Wetland

General appearance: Small size species. Body broadly oval, moderately convex. Underside is darker in colour.

Fullview
Cranium and pronotum (dorsal view)
Head in ventral view
Elytra
Mesosternum and hind coxal process
Hind coxal process
Abdominal sternites
Right hind tarsi

 

Reference:
Hansen, M. (1991). The hydrophiloid beetles: phylogeny, classification and a revision of the genera (Coleoptera, Hydrophiloidea) (Vol. 40). Kgl. Danske Videnskabernes Selskab.
Ueno, S.I., Kurosawa, Y., and Sato, M. (1985). The Coleoptera of Japan in color. vol. IV. Higashiosaka, Japan: Hoikusha.coleo