Helochares obscurus

Helochares obscurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Superfamily:	Hydrophiloidea
Family:	Hydrophilidae
Subfamily:	Hydrophilinae
Genus:	Helochares
Species:	H. obscurus
Binomial name
	Helochares obscurus; (O. F. Muller, 1776)
Synonyms
	Hydrophilus obscurus O. F. Muller, 1776; Helochares subcompressus Rey, 1885; Hydrophilus variegatus Herbst, 1797; Hydrophilus erythrocephalus Fabricius, 1792; Helochares substriatus Sahlberg, 1903;

Helochares obscurus is a species of Hydrophilidae in the Hydrophilinae subfamily that can be found in Austria, Baltic states, Croatia, France, Germany, Great Britain including the Isle of Man, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Scandinavia, Switzerland, and the Netherlands.^[1]

References[edit]

^ "Helochares (Helochares) obscurus (O. F. Muller, 1776)". 2.6.2. Fauna Europaea. August 29, 2013. Archived from the original on October 1, 2007. Retrieved January 5, 2014.

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