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Family Noteridae - Burrowing Water Beetles

smooth-as-glass beetle(?) - Hydrocanthus Hydrocanthus oblongus - male Noteridae - Hydrocanthus Noterid - Hydrocanthus tiny aquatic critter - Hydrocanthus iricolor Suphisellus - Suphisellus puncticollis fast-swimming Suphisellus semipunctatus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Adephaga
Family Noteridae (Burrowing Water Beetles)
Explanation of Names
Noteridae Thomson 1860
Numbers
14 spp. in 6 genera in our area(1)(2) [all but one present in FL(3)], 250 spp. in 16 genera of 3 subfamilies worldwide(4)
Identification
see(3)
Range
most of our spp. occur in se. US(1)(2), FL fauna being the richest, with 13 spp. representing all 6 genera(3); worldwide, more diverse in warmer climes, esp. in the tropics
Habitat
mostly in standing water, usually associated with algae, plants and plant roots(3)
Food
Adults are predacious; larvae may be omnivorous(3)