Hydrophiloidea | |
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Hydrous piceus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Coleoptera |
Suborder: | Polyphaga |
Infraorder: | Staphyliniformia |
Superfamily: | Hydrophiloidea Latreille, 1802 |
Families | |
Epimetopidae |
Hydrophiloidea is a superfamily of beetles. Until recently it only included a single family, the water scavenger beetles (Hydrophilidae), but several of the subfamilies have been removed and raised to family rank.