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University of Tennessee Biological Field Station
August 8-10, 2008
 
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Suborder Adephaga - Ground and Water Beetles

Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Adephaga (Ground and Water Beetles)
Numbers
Consists of eight families, in this order;
Carabidae - Ground Beetles [chapter 6 (1)]
Gyrinidae - Whirligig Beetles [chapter 7 (1)]
Haliplidae - Crawling Water Beetles [chapter 8 (1)]
Trachypachidae - False Ground Beetles [chapter 9 (1)]
Noteridae - Burrowing Water Beetles [chapter 10 (1)]
Amphizoidae - Trout-stream Beetles [chapter 11 (1)]
Dytiscidae - Predaceous Diving Beetles [chapter 12 (1)]
Works Cited
1.American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia
By Arnett, R.H., Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.)