Algophilus

{{short description|Genus of beetles}}

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{{Taxobox

| name = Algophilus lathridioides

| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Arthropoda

| classis = Insecta

| ordo = Coleoptera

| subordo = Adephaga

| familia = Haliplidae

| genus = Algophilus

| genus_authority = Zimmermann, 1924

| species = A. lathridioides

| binomial = Algophilus lathridioides

| binomial_authority = Zimmermann, 1924

}}

Algophilus lathridioides is a species of beetles in the family Haliplidae, the only species in the genus Algophilus.[http://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/test/Arthropoda/Insects/Coleoptera/Family/Haliplidae.txt Haliplidae Species List] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328050800/https://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/test/Arthropoda/Insects/Coleoptera/Family/Haliplidae.txt |date=2014-03-28 }} at Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog. Texas A&M University. Retrieved on 10 May 2012. Its range includes parts of South Africa.{{cite journal |first=Bernhard J. |last=van Vondel |title=Revision of the Haliplidae of the Afrotropical region, including North Africa (Coleoptera) |journal=Tijdschrift voor Entomologie |volume=153 |issue=2 |year=2010 |pages=239–314 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/264347430 |doi=10.1163/22119434-900000302|doi-access=free }}