Hydrophiloidea
Hydrophiloidea | |
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Various Central European Hydrophiloidea, their larvae, and anatomical details | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Suborder: | Polyphaga |
Infraorder: | Staphyliniformia |
Superfamily: | Hydrophiloidea Latreille, 1802 |
Families | |
Several, see text |
Hydrophiloidea is a superfamily of beetles. Until recently it was only a single family, the water scavenger beetles (Hydrophilidae), but several of the subfamilies have been removed and raised to family rank.
The present list of recognized families is thus:
- Epimetopidae
- Georissidae (= Georyssidae)
- Helophoridae
- Hydrochidae
- Hydrophilidae
- Spercheidae (= Sphaeridiidae)
The Histeroidea seem to be very closely related and may be part of an extended Hydrophiloidea clade; some researchers have proposed merging the two superfamilies into one.
References
External links
Data related to Hydrophiloidea at Wikispecies Media related to Hydrophiloidea at Wikimedia Commons
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