Enochrus Explained

Enochrus, a genus of water scavenger beetles, is the third-largest genus of hydrophilids with 229 species in six subgenera worldwide.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Subgenera

• Enochrus Thomson, 1859
• Hocophilydrus Kniz, 1911
• Hugoscottia Knisch, 1922
• Hydatotrephis MacLeary, 1871
• Lumetus Zaitzev, 1908
• Methydrus Rey, 1885

Species

These 67 species belong to the genus Enochrus:

• Enochrus aequalis (Sharp, 1882)

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• Enochrus affinis (Thunberg, 1794)

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• Enochrus aridus Gundersen, 1977

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• Enochrus ater (Kuwert, 1888)

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• Enochrus bartletti Short, 2004

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• Enochrus bicolor (Fabricius, 1792)

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• Enochrus blatchleyi (Fall, 1924)

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• Enochrus calabricus (Ferro, 1986)

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• Enochrus californicus (Horn, 1890)

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• Enochrus carinatus (LeConte, 1855)

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• Enochrus cinctus (Say, 1824)

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• Enochrus coarctatus (Gredler, 1863)

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• Enochrus concii Chiesa, 1965

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• Enochrus consors (Leconte, 1863)

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• Enochrus consortus Green, 1946

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• Enochrus cristatus (LeConte, 1855)

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• Enochrus cuspidatus (LeConte, 1878)

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• Enochrus darwini (Knisch, 1922)

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• Enochrus debilis (Sharp, 1882)

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• Enochrus diffusus (LeConte, 1855)

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• Enochrus elongatulus (MacLeay, 1871)

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• Enochrus esuriens (Walker, 1858)

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• Enochrus falcarius Hebauer, 1991

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• Enochrus fimbriatus (Melsheimer, 1844)

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• Enochrus flavicans

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• Enochrus fragiloides d'Orchymont, 1925

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• Enochrus fuscipennis (Thomson, 1884)

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• Enochrus grossi Short, 2003

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• Enochrus halophilus (Bedel, 1878)

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• Enochrus hamifer (Ganglbauer, 1901)

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• Enochrus hamiltoni (Horn, 1890)

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• Enochrus hispanicus (Kuwert, 1888)

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• Enochrus interruptus Gundersen, 1977

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• Enochrus maculiceps (MacLeay, 1871)

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• Enochrus malabarensis (Régimbart, 1903)

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• Enochrus mauritiensis (Régimbart, 1903)

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• Enochrus melanocephalus (Olivier, 1792)

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• Enochrus mexicanus (Sharp, 1882)

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• Enochrus morenae (Heyden, 1870)

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• Enochrus natalensis (Gemminger & Harold, 1868)

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• Enochrus negrus Gundersen, 1977

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• Enochrus nigritus (Sharp, 1872)

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• Enochrus obscurus (Sharp, 1882)

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• Enochrus ochraceus (Melsheimer, 1844)

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• Enochrus ochropterus (Marsham, 1802)

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• Enochrus parumstriatus Hebauer, 2005

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• Enochrus piceus Miller, 1964

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• Enochrus plicatus

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• Enochrus politus (Küster, 1849)

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• Enochrus pygmaeus (Fabricius, 1792)

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• Enochrus quadripunctatus (Herbst, 1797)

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• Enochrus ragusae (Kuwert, 1888)

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• Enochrus reflexipennis (Zimmermann, 1869)

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• Enochrus sagrae Knisch, 1924

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• Enochrus salomonis (J.Sahlberg, 1900)

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• Enochrus sauteri Orchymont, 1913

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• Enochrus sayi Gundersen, 1977

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• Enochrus segmentinotatus (Kuwert, 1888)

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• Enochrus simulans (Sharp, 1873)

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• Enochrus spangleri

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• Enochrus sublongus (Fall, 1926)

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• Enochrus subsignatus (Harold, 1877)

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• Enochrus talamanca

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• Enochrus testaceus (Fabricius, 1801)

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• Enochrus tritus (Broun, 1880)

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• Enochrus variegatus Steinheil, 1869

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• Enochrus vulgaris Steinheil, 1869

^gData sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

Notes and References

1. New species and taxonomic changes in the genus Enochrus (Coleoptera: Hyrophilidae) . Ralph W. . Gunderson . The Coleopterists Bulletin . 31 . 3 . 1977 . 251–272 .
2. A. E. Z. . Short . Review of the Enochrus Thomson of the West Indies . 2004 . 351–361 . 74 . Koleopterologische Rundschau . 9 July 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714190928/http://waterbeetles.kubiodiversityinstitute.org/ShortPDFs/Short2004_WestIndies.pdf . 14 July 2014 . dead .
3. Gunderson . Ralph . Nearctic Enochrus: biology, keys, descriptions and distribution (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) . 1978 . 9 July 2014 . St. Cloud State University . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714151504/http://www.mattpintar.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Enochrus-key.pdf . 14 July 2014 . dead .
4. JIA . Fenglong . Andrew E. Z. . Short . Enochrus algarum sp. nov., a new hygropetric water scavenger beetle from China (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae: Enochrinae) . 2013 . 53 . 2 . 609–614 . Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae . https://web.archive.org/web/20160307105210/http://www.aemnp.eu/PDF/53_2/53_2_609.pdf . March 7, 2016 . dead .