(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 latipalpus)
TMAG collections
Classification
Order: Coleoptera
Suborder: Polyphaga
Superfamily: Hydrophiloidea
Family: Hydrophilidae
Subfamily: Hydrophilinae
Tribe: Hydrophilini
Morphology
Typical length (mm): 38 mm
Flightedness: (not yet documented)
Ecology
Larval feeding: predator
Ecological attributes: aquatic
