Subfamily Gyrininae

Classification · Numbers · Works Cited

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Coleoptera (Beetles)

Suborder Adephaga

Family Gyrinidae (Whirligig Beetles)

Subfamily Gyrininae

Numbers

3 tribes, with 3 genera in our area and 12 genera worldwide(1)

Works Cited

1.	Phylogeny and classification of whirligig beetles (Coleoptera: Gyrinidae): relaxed-clock model outperforms parsimony... Miller K.B., Bergsten J. 2012. Systematic Entomology 37: 706–746.

Contributed by v belov on 25 January, 2015 - 8:18pm

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