Hydrophiloidea
| Hydrophiloidea | |
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| Various Central European Hydrophiloidea, their larvae, and anatomical details |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Staphyliniformia |
| Superfamily: |
Hydrophiloidea Latreille, 1802 |
| Families | |
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Several, see text |
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Several, see text
Hydrophiloidea is a superfamily of beetles. Until recently it was only a single family, the water scavenger beetles (Hydrophilidae), but several of the subfamilies have been removed and raised to family rank.
The present list of recognized families is thus:
The Histeroidea seem to be very closely related and may be part of an extended Hydrophiloidea clade; some researchers have proposed merging the two superfamilies into one.
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