[water beetles]
(water beetles)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa
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ID refs
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Family 22 subtaxa 121 images 17 ident. refs
Female (Click to open)
Family 2 subtaxa 8 images 8 ident. refs
Family 1 subtaxa 6 images 7 ident. refs
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Genus 1 subtaxa 6 images
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Family 1 subtaxa 7 images 8 ident. refs
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Family 1 subtaxa 7 images 6 ident. refs
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Family 89 subtaxa 704 images 110 ident. refs
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Genus 4 subtaxa 18 images 4 ident. refs
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Family 80 subtaxa 632 images 60 ident. refs
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Family 1 subtaxa 11 images 3 ident. refs
Family 2 ident. refs
Family 1 subtaxa 4 images 2 ident. refs
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Genus 1 subtaxa 4 images
Family 1 ident. refs
Male (Click to open)
Family 3 subtaxa 6 images 5 ident. refs
Family 1 subtaxa 6 images 2 ident. refs
Female (Click to open)
Genus 1 subtaxa 6 images
Family 2 ident. refs
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Family 5 subtaxa 23 images 8 ident. refs
Family 2 ident. refs
Family 3 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
Informal[water beetles] (water 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)
Records of [water beetles] (water beetles) :
1: [water beetles] (water beetles)
29 Jul 2005 OSGR: SU77 51° 30’ N, 0° 60’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
At MV lamp, 29/30 July 05
Image 1: Latero-dorsal view - enlarged - natural backgroundImage 2: Latero-dorsal view - enlarged - natural background (2)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Balfour-Brown, F. 1940 British water beetles Vols 127, 134 & 141, The Ray Society, London
Balfour-Browne, F.L. 1953 *** Coleoptera: Hydradephaga ***(Superseded) Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol IV, Part 3, 33pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
() Friday, L.E. 1988 Key to the Adults of British Water Beetles AIDGAP, 189, 151pp, Field Studies Council
Nilsson, A. (ed.) 1996 Aquatic Insects of North Europe Aquatic Insects of North Europe, Two vols, 714pp, Apollo Books
Richoux, P. 1982 *** 2. Coleopteres aquatiques (genres : adultes et larves) ***(Superseded) Introduction pratique a la systematique des organismes des eaux continentales Françaises Bull. mens. Soc. linn. Lyon Vol 51 (4,8,9): 105-128, 257-272, 289-303.

Larvae

Nilsson, A. (ed.) 1996 Aquatic Insects of North Europe Aquatic Insects of North Europe, Two vols, 714pp, Apollo Books
Richoux, P. 1982 2. Coleopteres aquatiques (genres : adultes et larves) Introduction pratique a la systematique des organismes des eaux continentales Françaises Bull. mens. Soc. linn. Lyon Vol 51 (4,8,9): 105-128, 257-272, 289-303.

[water beetles] (water beetles) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3,048 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for [water beetles] (water beetles)
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