water beetles (water beetles)

[water beetles] (water beetles) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

INSECTA
(true insects)

[water beetles] (water beetles) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

Subtaxon		Rank	Featured subtaxa	No of interactions	No of references
DYTISCIDAE diving beetles		Family	11 subtaxa	2 trophisms	21 references
GYRINIDAE whirligig beetles		Family	2 subtaxa	2 trophisms	11 references
	Gyrinus whirligig beetles	Genus	2 subtaxa	2 trophisms
HALIPLIDAE crawling water beetles		Family	2 subtaxa	2 trophisms	9 references
	Haliplus a genus of crawling water beetles	Genus	2 subtaxa	2 trophisms
HYGROBIIDAE screech beetles		Family	1 subtaxa		11 references
NOTERIDAE noterus beetles		Family			8 references
CHRYSOMELIDAE leaf and flea beetles		Family	250 subtaxa	1,696 trophisms	127 references
Donacia a genus of reed beetles		Genus	15 subtaxa	103 trophisms	5 references
CURCULIONIDAE weevils		Family	429 subtaxa	1,227 trophisms	79 references
DRYOPIDAE long-toed water beetles		Family	2 subtaxa	4 trophisms	4 references
ELMIDAE riffle beetles		Family			3 references
HETEROCERIDAE mud beetles		Family	3 subtaxa	3 trophisms	3 references
LIMNICHIDAE tiny marsh beetles		Family			2 references
PSEPHENIDAE water-penny beetles		Family			1 references
SCIRTIDAE marsh beetles		Family	2 subtaxa		7 references
HELOPHORIDAE a family of scavenger water beetles		Family	3 subtaxa	3 trophisms	2 references
	Helophorus a genus of scavenger water beetles	Genus	3 subtaxa	3 trophisms
HYDROCHIDAE a family of scavenger water beetles		Family			2 references
HYDROPHILIDAE a family of scavenger water beetles		Family	9 subtaxa	6 trophisms	13 references
SPERCHEIDAE a family of scavenger water beetles		Family			2 references
HYDRAENIDAE small water beetles		Family			3 references

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	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	Balfour-Browne, F.L.	1953	* Coleoptera: Hydradephaga *(Superseded)	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol IV, Part 3, 33pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London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)

General Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Journals
Balfour-Browne Club		Latissimus	Published for/by:Balfour-Browne Club
Pathology
Zawal, A.	2002	Parasitism of water mite larvae (Hydrachnellae) of the genus Hydrachna on water beetles in Poland	Acarologia Vol 42 (4): 361-370.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to [water beetles] (water beetles):

COLEOPTERA
(beetles)

PTERYGOTA
(bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

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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)

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General Works

Journals

Pathology

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