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

HYDROPHILIDAE (a family of scavenger water beetles) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

HYDROPHILIDAE (a family of scavenger water beetles) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
HYDROPHILINAE
a subfamily of water beetles
Subfamily 6 subtaxa 1 trophisms 6 references
SPHAERIDIINAE
a subfamily of water beetles
Subfamily 3 subtaxa 5 trophisms 1 references
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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for HYDROPHILIDAE (a family of scavenger water beetles)

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

  • 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:

    General Literature

    Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to HYDROPHILIDAE (a family of scavenger water beetles):

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