Hydrochara caraboides (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Lesser Silver Water Beetle)

Hydrochara caraboides (Lesser Silver Water Beetle) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Hydrochara caraboides (Lesser Silver Water Beetle) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHydrochara caraboides (Lesser Silver Water Beetle)
SubfamilyHYDROPHILINAE (a subfamily of water beetles)
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 Hydrochara caraboides (Lesser Silver Water Beetle)

Hydrochara caraboides (Lesser Silver Water Beetle) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Boyce, D.C. 2004 A study of the distribution and ecology of the lesser silver water beetle Hydrochara caraboides on the Somerset Levels Research Reports EN Report no 591.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Hydrochara caraboides (Lesser Silver Water Beetle):

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