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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Ground and Water Beetles (Adephaga)

Suborder Adephaga - Ground and Water Beetles

Classification · Numbers · Print References · Works Cited
Oregon Tiger Beetle -- Cicindela oregona - Cicindela oregona Six Spotted Tiger Beetle - Cicindela sexguttata Fiery Searcher - Calosoma scrutator small, black ground beetle - Agonum Carabid - Pterostichus BG1555 281-047 - Cicindela hirticollis Predaceous Diving Beetle - Ilybius fraterculus - female small carabid - Stenolophus comma
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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