Freshwater Macroinvertebrates in Hong Kong

Hydrophilus sp.

Family: Hydrophilidae
Subfamily: Hydrophilinae
Tribe: Hydrophilini

Habitat: Aquatic

General appearance: A very large species. Body oval.

Cranium and pronotum (dorsal view)
Cranium and pronotum (dorsal view)
Head in ventral view
Right antennae
Prosternum
Metasternum keel
Hind tarsi (right)
Hind coxal proess and last sternite

 

Reference:
Hansen, M. (1991). The hydrophiloid beetles: phylogeny, classification and a revision of the genera (Coleoptera, Hydrophiloidea) (Vol. 40). Kgl. Danske Videnskabernes Selskab.