DRYOPIDAE Billberg, 1820 (1817)
(long-toed water beetles)

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Dryops
a genus of long-toed water beetles
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 11 images 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyDRYOPIDAE (long-toed water beetles)
SuperfamilyBYRRHOIDEA (a superfamily of beetles)
Series Elateriformia (click beetles and relatives)
SuborderPOLYPHAGA (mainly terrestrial beetles)
OrderCOLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Denton, J. 2013 Atlas of VC12 aquatic coleoptera 70pp
Hackston, M. 2015 Family Dryopidae key to UK species https://sites.google.com/site/mikesinsectkeys/Home/keys-to-coleoptera/dryopidae

DRYOPIDAE (long-toed water beetles) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for DRYOPIDAE (long-toed water beetles)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 4 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for DRYOPIDAE (long-toed water beetles)
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