(a species of scavenging water-beetle)
Basis for Tasmanian occurrence
Semmens, T.D., McQuillan, P.B. & Hayhurst, G. (1992). Catalogue of the Insects of Tasmania. Government of Tasmania: Department of Primary Industry, 104 pp. (as Hydrophilus albipes)
TMAG collections
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Hydrophiloidea
Family: Hydrophilidae
Subfamily: Hydrophilinae
Tribe: Hydrophilini
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 25
Flightedness: winged and capable of flight
Source information on taxonomy or morphology (*primary taxonomic source)
Watts, C.H.S. (1998). Revision of Australian Enochrus Thomson (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Records of the South Australian Museum, 30(2): 137–156.
Ecology
(ecology not yet documented)
