Darılmaz, Mustafa C.Kıyak, SuatShort, Andrew E. Z.2014-04-112014-04-112010-07-29Darılmaz, Mustafa C, Suat Kıyak, and Andrew E Z Short. 2010. “Discovery of the Water Scavenger Beetle Genus Brownephilus Mouchamps in Turkey (Coleoptera, Hydrophilidae, Hydrophilini.” ZooKeys, no. 53 (March): 13–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.53.4551313-29701313-2989https://hdl.handle.net/1808/13441The recently described Hydrochara major İncekara, Mart, Polat, & Karaca, 2009 from Turkey is transferred to the genus Brownephilus Mouchamps. New records and habitat information are given for the species, as well as diagnostic features for separating it from the only other described member of the genus, Brownephilus levantinus Balfour-Browne. The discovery of Brownephilus in Turkey marks the first time the lineage has been found since its original description more than seventy years ago.This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Aquatic beetlesHydrophilidaeMiddle EastTurkeynew combinationArticle10.3897/zookeys.53.455openAccess