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Contributions to the knowledge of Atlantic Canadian Histeridae (Coleoptera)
By C.G. Majka
ZooKeys 2: 189-202, 2008

World Catalogue of Insects, Vol. 2: Hydrophiloidea (Coleoptera).
By Hansen, M.
Apollo Books, Stenstrup, Denmark. 416 pp., 1999
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Hansen, M. 1999. World Catalogue of Insects, Vol. 2: Hydrophiloidea (Coleoptera). Apollo Books, Vester-Skerninge, Denmark. 416 pp.

World Catalogue of Insects is an initiative aimed at compiling worldscale, authoritative catalogues of monophyletic insect taxa.

Volumes will as a minimum contain standard nomenclatoral information on all names pertaining to the taxon treated, including type locality and distribution to the extent this is relevant.

Additional information is optional, e.

Aquatic Hydrophilidae and Hydraenidae of Wisconsin (Coleoptera). II. Distribution, habitat, life cycle and identification...
By Hilsenhoff W.L.
Great Lakes Entomol. 28: 97‒126, 1995
Full title: Aquatic Hydrophilidae and Hydraenidae of Wisconsin (Coleoptera). II. Distribution, habitat, life cycle and identification of species of Hydrobiini and Hydrophilini.
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New North American associations of Coleoptera with Myxomycetes
By Stephenson S.L., Wheeler Q.D., McHugh J.V., Fraissinet P.R.
J. Nat. Hist. 28: 921–936, 1994

New southwestern Buprestidae and Cerambycidae with notes.
By Knull, J.N.
Ohio Journal of Science 37(5): 301-309., 1937
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Knull, J.N. 1937. New southwestern Buprestidae and Cerambycidae with notes. Ohio Journal of Science 37(5): 301-309.

First Texas records of five genera of aquatic beetles (Coleoptera: Noteridae, Dytiscidae, Hydrophilidae) with habitat notes.
By Jasper S.K., Vogtsberger R.C.
Entomological News 107(1): 49-60., 1996
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Jasper S.K., Vogtsberger R.C. (1996) First Texas records of five genera of aquatic beetles (Coleoptera: Noteridae, Dytiscidae, Hydrophilidae) with habitat notes. Entomological News 107(1): 49-60.

Abstract: Five genera of aquatic beetles are reported from Texas, USA, for the first time. Species recorded include

Suphis inflatus (Noteridae),
Hoperius planatus (Dytiscidae),
Dibolocelus ovatus,
Hydrobiomorpha casta and
Sperchopsis tessellata (Hydrophilidae).

Habitat notes are reported for 4 of these.

Synopsis of adventive species of Coleoptera (Insecta) recorded from Canada. Part 4: Scarabaeoidea... [through Cleroidea]
By Klimaszewski J, Langor D, Smith A, Hoebeke E, Davies A, Pelletier G, Douglas HB, Webster RP, Bourdon C, Borowiec L, Scudder GGE
Pensoft Series Faunistica 116: 1-215, 2017
Full title: Synopsis of adventive species of Coleoptera (Insecta) recorded from Canada. Part 4: Scarabaeoidea, Scirtoidea, Buprestoidea, Byrrhoidea, Elateroidea, Derodontoidea, Bostrichoidea, and Cleroidea

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Handbook of Zoology. Coleoptera Vol. 3: Morphology and Systematics (Phytophaga)
By Leschen R.A.B., Beutel R.G. (eds)
Walter de Gruyter, Berlin. 687 pp., 2014