Hydrophilus ovatus (Gemminger and Harold, 1868)
Hydrophilus ovatus: https://marylandbiodiversity.com/species/17657
Synonyms
Dibolocelus ovatus 
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Hydrophilus ovatus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Hydrophilidae
Genus: Hydrophilus
Subgenus: Dibolocelus
Species:
H. ovatus
Binomial name
Hydrophilus ovatus
Gemminger & Harold, 1868

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]

References

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  1. ^ "Hydrophilus ovatus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. ^ "Hydrophilus ovatus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. ^ Short, A. E. Z.; McIntosh, C. E. (2014). "Review of the giant water scavenger beetle genus Hydrophilus Geoffroy (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) of the United States and Canada". The Coleopterists Bulletin. 68 (2): 187–198. doi:10.1649/0010-065X-68.2.187.
  4. ^ Arce-Pérez, Roberto; Arriaga-Varela, Emmanuel; Novelo-Gutiérrez, Rodolfo; Navarrete-Heredia, Josè L. (2021). "Giant water scavenger beetles Hydrophilus subgenus Dibolocelus (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) from Mexico with description of two new species". Zootaxa. 5027 (3): 387–407. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5027.3.5.