Hydrophilus ovatus
Species of beetle
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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  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Staphyliniformia |
| Family: | Hydrophilidae |
| Genus: | Hydrophilus |
| Subgenus: | Dibolocelus |
| Species: | H. ovatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Hydrophilus ovatus Gemminger & Harold, 1868 | |
