Suborder Adephaga - Ground and Water Beetles

Classification · Numbers · Print References · Works Cited

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;

Rhysodidae - Wrinkled Bark Beetles [chapter 5 (1)]

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)]

Print References

American Beetles, Vol. 1, Chapter 6 (1)

Works Cited

1.	American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia By Arnett, R.H., Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.)

Contributed by Cotinis on 9 January, 2006 - 9:06am
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian
Last updated 18 January, 2008 - 12:53pm

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