Noteridae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Coleopterida
Ordo: Coleoptera
Subordo: Adephaga

Familia: Noteridae
Subfamiliae (3): Noterinae – Notomicrinae – Phreatodytinae
[source: Miller (2009)]
Overview of genera (17)

Canthydrus – Hydrocanthus – Hydrocoptus – Liocanthydrus – Mesonoterus – Neohydrocoptus – Noterus – Notomicrus – Phreatodytes – Prionohydrus – Pronoterus – Renotus – Speonoterus – Suphis – Suphisellus – Synchortus – Tonerus
Name

Noteridae Thomson, 1857

Synonyms

Phreatodytidae Uéno, 1957

References

Dettner, K. 2005: 7.3. Noteridae Thomson, 1857. Pp. 72-81 in: Beutel, R.G.; Leschen, R.A.B. (volume eds.) Coleoptera, beetles. Volume 1: Morphology and systematics (Archostemata, Adephaga, Myxophaga, Polyphaga partim). In: Kristensen, N.P. & Beutel, R.G. (eds.) Handbook of zoology. A natural history of the phyla of the animal kingdom. Volume IV. Arthropoda: Insecta. Part 38. Berlin, New York: Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 3110171309 contents limited preview
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
Miller, K.B. 2009: On the systematics of Noteridae (Coleoptera: Adephaga: Hydradephaga): phylogeny, description of a new tribe, genus and species, and survey of female genital morphology. Systematics and biodiversity, 7(2): 191–214. DOI: 10.1017/S1477200008002946 PDF
Nilsson, A.N. & Vondel, B.J. van 2005. Amphizoidae, Aspidytidae, Haliplidae, Noteridae and Paelobiidae (Coleoptera, Adephaga). World Catalogue of Insects 7. Stenstrup: Apollo Books. 171 pp. ISBN 87-88757-49-8. DOI: 10.1163/9789004473393 Paywall. Google Books. Reference page.
Toledo, M. 2010: Noteridae: Review of the species occurring east of the Wallace line (Coleoptera). Pp. 195-236 in: Jäch, M.A. & Balke, M. (eds.): Water beetles of New Caledonia (part 1). Monographs on Coleoptera, 3 [not seen]
Catalogue of Palearctic Coleoptera. Vol. 1 ed. I. Lobl, & A. Smetana, Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark, 2003 and 2004 ISBN 87-88757-73-0, p.33

Links

Nilsson A.N. 2006: A World Catalogue of the Family Noteridae or the Burrowing Water Beetles (Coleoptera, Adephaga). Version 16.VII.2006
Australian Faunal Directory
Noteridae in SYNOPSIS OF THE DESCRIBED COLEOPTERA OF THE WORLD
Tree of Life Web Project. 1995. Noteridae. Version 01 January 1995 (temporary) in The Tree of Life Web Project
Atlas of beetles of the family Noteridae of Russia - project of E. Berlov
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Vernacular names
dansk: Vandgravere
Deutsch: Uferfeuchtkäfer
English: Burrowing water beetle
français: Notéride
日本語: コツブゲンゴロウ科
русский: Нырялки
中文: 方胸龍蝨科

Noteridae is a family of adephagan water beetles closely related to the Dytiscidae, and formerly classified with them. They are mainly distinguished by the presence of a distinctive "noterid platform" underneath, in the form of a plate between the second and third pair of legs. The family consists of about 230 species in 14 genera, and is found worldwide, more commonly in the tropics. They are sometimes referred to as burrowing water beetles.

These beetles are relatively small, ranging from 1 to 6 mm, with smooth oval bodies ranging from light brown to a darker reddish brown. The head is short and somewhat covered by the prothorax.

Both adults and larvae are aquatic, and are commonly found around plants. They have a habit of burrowing through pond and marsh substrate, thus the common name, and are primarily carnivorous, with some scavenging observed.
Genera

Noteridae contains the following genera:

Canthydrus Sharp, 1882
Hydrocanthus Say, 1823
Mesonoterus Sharp, 1882
Neohydrocoptus Satô, 1972
Noterus Clairville, 1806
Notomicrus Sharp, 1882
Phreatodytes Uéno, 1957
Pronoterus Sharp, 1882
Renotus Guignot, 1936
Siolius J.Balfour-Browne, 1969
Speonoterus Spangler, 1996
Suphis Aubé, 1836
Suphisellus Crotch, 1873
Synchortus Sharp, 1882

References

Nilsson, Anders N. (2006). “A World Catalogue of the Family Noteridae, or the Burrowing Water Beetles (Coleoptera, Adephaga).” University of Umea, Sweden. Retrieved on 10 May 2012.
R. E. Roughley, "Noteridae", in Ross H. Arnett, Jr. and Michael C. Thomas, American Beetles (CRC Press, 2001), vol. 1