Sternolophus

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Sternolophus
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S. inconspicuus from Sri Lanka
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Hydrophilidae
Tribe: Hydrophilini
Genus: Sternolophus
Solier, 1834

Sternolophus is a genus of water scavenger beetles in the family Hydrophilidae containing nine described species in two subgenera. [1]

Species

These nine species belong to the genus Sternolophus:

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References

  1. Hansen, Michael (1999). World Catalogue of Insects Volume 2: Hydrophiloidea (s. str.) (Coleoptera). Stenstrup: Apollo Books. ISBN   8788757315.