Hydrophiloidea
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| 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 | |
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Several, see text | |
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.
The present list of rcognized families is thus:
- Epimetopidae
- Georissidae (= Georyssidae)
- Helophoridae
- Hydrochidae
- Hydrophilidae
- Spercheidae (= Sphaeridiidae)
In addition, the Histeroidea seem to be very closely related and may in fact be part of an extended Hydrophiloidea clade; some researchers have proposed merging the two superfamilies into one.
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