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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Beetles (Coleoptera) » Polyphaga » Series Staphyliniformia » Hydrophiloidea » Water Scavenger Beetles (Hydrophilidae) » Hydrophilinae

Subfamily Hydrophilinae

Representative Images

Water scavenger beetle - Berosus BG2740 E7328 - Berosus Beetle IMG_5596 - Paracymus Tropisternus collaris (Fabricius) - Tropisternus collaris Spotted water scavenger - Berosus pantherinus Tropisternus lateralis convex - Derallus altus Berosus sayi - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Coleoptera (Beetles)
Suborder Polyphaga
No Taxon (Series Staphyliniformia)
Superfamily Hydrophiloidea
Family Hydrophilidae (Water Scavenger Beetles)
Subfamily Hydrophilinae

Numbers

4 tribes with 12 genera in NA north of Mexico

Range

worldwide and across NA(1)

Works Cited

1.American Beetles, Volume I: Archostemata, Myxophaga, Adephaga, Polyphaga: Staphyliniformia
Arnett, R.H., Jr., and M. C. Thomas. (eds.). 2000. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, FL.
Contributed by v belov on 26 February, 2010 - 9:45pm
Additional contributions by mpintar
Last updated 22 December, 2021 - 9:03am

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