Brownephilus
Genus of beetles
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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]
| Brownephilus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Staphyliniformia |
| Family: | Hydrophilidae |
| Tribe: | Hydrophilini |
| Genus: | Brownephilus Mouchamps, 1959 |
Species
These two species belong to the genus Brownephilus:
- Brownephilus levantinus (Balfour-Browne, 1939)
- Brownephilus major (İncerkara, Mart, Polat & Karaca, 2009)
