water beetles

Subtaxon		Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of images	No of ID refs
DYTISCIDAE diving beetles		Family	22 subtaxa	121 images	17 ident. refs
GYRINIDAE whirligig beetles		Family	2 subtaxa	8 images	8 ident. refs
HALIPLIDAE crawling water beetles		Family	1 subtaxa	6 images	7 ident. refs
	Haliplus a genus of crawling water beetles	Genus	1 subtaxa	6 images
HYGROBIIDAE screech beetles		Family	1 subtaxa	7 images	8 ident. refs
NOTERIDAE noterus beetles		Family	1 subtaxa	7 images	6 ident. refs
CHRYSOMELIDAE leaf and flea beetles		Family	89 subtaxa	704 images	110 ident. refs
Donacia a genus of reed beetles		Genus	4 subtaxa	18 images	4 ident. refs
CURCULIONIDAE weevils		Family	80 subtaxa	632 images	60 ident. refs
DRYOPIDAE long-toed water beetles		Family	1 subtaxa	11 images	3 ident. refs
ELMIDAE riffle beetles		Family			2 ident. refs
HETEROCERIDAE mud beetles		Family	1 subtaxa	4 images	2 ident. refs
	Heterocerus mud beetles	Genus	1 subtaxa	4 images
LIMNICHIDAE tiny marsh beetles		Family			1 ident. refs
SCIRTIDAE marsh beetles		Family	3 subtaxa	6 images	5 ident. refs
HELOPHORIDAE a family of scavenger water beetles		Family	1 subtaxa	6 images	2 ident. refs
	Helophorus a genus of scavenger water beetles	Genus	1 subtaxa	6 images
HYDROCHIDAE a family of scavenger water beetles		Family			2 ident. refs
HYDROPHILIDAE a family of scavenger water beetles		Family	5 subtaxa	23 images	8 ident. refs
SPERCHEIDAE a family of scavenger water beetles		Family			2 ident. refs
HYDRAENIDAE small water beetles		Family			3 ident. refs

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

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	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	Balfour-Browne, F.L.	1953	* Coleoptera: Hydradephaga *(Superseded)	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol IV, Part 3, 33pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London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 Coleopteres aquatiques (genres : adultes et larves) *(Superseded)	Introduction pratique a la systematique des organismes des eaux continentales Françaises Bull.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:

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

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

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Informal	[water beetles] (water beetles)
Order	COLEOPTERA (beetles)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

[water beetles]
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Identification Works

Larvae

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