HYDROPHILIDAE Latreille, 1802
(a family of scavenger water beetles)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
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ID refs
Hydrobius
a genus of beetles
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 		Genus 1 subtaxa 11 images
HYDROPHILINAE
a subfamily of water beetles
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 		Subfamily 2 subtaxa 5 images 3 ident. refs
SPHAERIDIINAE
a subfamily of water beetles
Subfamily 2 subtaxa 7 images
Sphaeridium
a genus of scavenger water beetles
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 		Genus 2 subtaxa 7 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyHYDROPHILIDAE (a family of scavenger water beetles)
SuperfamilyHYDROPHILOIDEA (scavenger water beetles)
Series Staphyliniformia (burying beetles, carrion beetles, rove beetles etc.)
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
() Duff, A.G. 2012 Beetles of Britain and Ireland: Sphaeriusidae to Silphidae Beetles of Britain and Ireland, Volume 1, 496pp
Freude, H., Harde, K.W. & Lohse, G.A. (Eds.) Die Käfer Mitteleuropas. Band 3: Adephaga 2. Die Käfer Mitteleuropas, Vol 3, Goecke & Evers, Krefeld
Hackston, M. Family Hydrophilidae

Larvae

van Nieuwenhuijzen, A. 2009 Praktische tabel voor larven van aquatische Hydrophilidae

HYDROPHILIDAE (a family of scavenger 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 HYDROPHILIDAE (a family of scavenger water beetles)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 6 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for HYDROPHILIDAE (a family of scavenger water beetles)
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