Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Cladus: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Cladus: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Polyphaga
Infraordo: Staphyliniformia
Superfamilia: Hydrophiloidea
Familia: Hydrophilidae
Subfamiliae (4): Horelophinae - Horelophopsinae - Hydrophilinae - Sphaeridiinae
Genera incertae sedis [Mesozoic]: †Angarolarva - †Aposphinctus - †Cretohelophorus - †Cretospercheus - †Hydrobiites - †Hydrophilopsia - †Mesohelophorus - †Mesydra - †Paraspercheus - †Prospercheus - †Zetemnos
Name
Hydrophilidae Latreille, 1802
References
Fikáček, M.; Gentili, E.; Short, A.E.Z. 2010: Order Coleoptera, family Hydrophilidae. Arthropod fauna of the UAE, 3: 135–165. PDF
Hansen, M. 1991: The hydrophilid beetles: phylogeny, classification and a revision of the genera (Coleoptera, Hydrophiloidea). Biologiske Skrifter, 40 ISSN: 0366-3612 ISBN 87-7304-226-9 Google books
Hansen, M. 1997: A new subfamily for a remarkable new genus and species of Hydrophilidae from New Guinea (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae). Annales zoologici, 47: 107–110.
Hansen, M. 1999: Hydrophiloidea (s. str.) (Coleoptera). World catalogue of insects, 2. Stenstrup: Apollo Books. ISBN 87-88757-31-5 ISSN: 1398-8700
Jäch, M.A.; Madl, M. 2009: Water beetles of Seychelles (Coleoptera). Pp. 11-35, plates 1-2 in: Gerlach, J. (ed.) The Coleoptera of the Seychelles Islands. Pensoft Publishers, Sofia-Moscow. ISBN 9789546424983
Latreille, P.A. 1802: Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes. Tome 3. F. Dufart, Paris. Internet Archive BHL
Macfarlane, R.P. et al. 2010: [Chapter] NINE Phylum ARTHROPODA SUBPHYLUM HEXAPODA Protura, springtails, Diplura, and insects. Pp. 233-467 in Gordon, D.P. (ed.): New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume 2. Kingdom Animalia. Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch, New Zealand. ISBN 978-1-87725793-3
Majka, C.G. 2008: The aquatic Coleoptera of Prince Edward Island, Canada: new records and faunal composition. In: Majka, C.G.; Klimaszewski, J. (eds.) Biodiversity, biosystematics, and ecology of Canadian Coleoptera. ZooKeys, 2: 239-260. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.2.25
Prokin, A.A. 2009: [New water scavenger beetles (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) from the Mesozoic of Mongolia.] Paleontologicheskii zhurnal, 2009(6): 58-62. [in Russian, English translation in Paleontological journal, 43(6): 660-663. ISSN: 0031-0301 (2009) doi: 10.1134/S0031030109060094]
Short, A.E.Z.; Fikáček, M. 2011: World catalogue of the Hydrophiloidea (Coleoptera): additions and corrections II (2006–2010). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 51(1): 83-122. [print publication date: '30.vi.2011', sourced from first page of article] abstract PDF ZooBank
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Catalogue of Palearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 2 ed. I. Lobl, & A. Smetana, Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark, 2004 ISBN 87-88757-74-9, p.44
links
Australian Faunal Directory
Hydrophilidae in SYNOPSIS OF THE DESCRIBED COLEOPTERA OF THE WORLD
Atlas of Water scavenger beetles (Hydrophilidae) of Russia
Vernacular names
Deutsch: Wasserkäfer
English: Water scavenger beetle
Lietuvių: Kūdravabaliai
Nederlands: Waterkevers
日本語: ガムシ科
Norsk (bokmål): Vannkjær
Polski: Kałużnicowate
Русский: Водолюбы
中文: 牙蟲科
